Minuscule 55 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 349 (Von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] [3] The manuscript has complex contents and some marginalia. It was adapted for liturgical use.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 349 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The capital letters in red.[4] The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.
It has Prolegomena to Matthew, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel, lectionary equipment on the margin (incipits), Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), liturgical books with hagiographies (synaxaria and Menologion), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of stichoi, and beautiful pictures.[5]
The manuscript containing also text Judges 6:1-24.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[7]
The manuscript was written by Γροιγοριου ιερομοναχου.
The manuscript was examined by Mill (as Selden 3), Grabe,[8] Scholz, Tischendorf, and C. R. Gregory in 1883.[4]
It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (Selden Supra 6), at Oxford.[2]