Minuscule 52 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 345 (Von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. The codex was written in 1285 or 1286.[2] [3] It has complex contents and full marginalia.
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 158 leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 27-30 lines per page,[2] in an elegant small minuscule letters. The large initial letters in red.[4]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.[4]
It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), pictures, menaion, and subscriptions at the end of the Gospels.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx text in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates a textual cluster with Minuscule 46.[7]
It was written by the same scribe as minuscule 341. The manuscript once belonged to Joasaph, a monk. William Laud became its owner in 1640.[4]
It was examined by Mill (as Laud. 5) and Griesbach.[5]
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscript by Wettstein. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (MS. Laud. Gr. 3), at Oxford.[2]