Minuscule 586 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 417 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] The manuscript is lacunose. It was labeled by Scrivener as 455.[3]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 239 leaves (size) with only one lacuna (Matthew 1:1–20). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in neat and small hand.
It contains argumentum, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια before every Gospel, numerals of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια at the margin, (not Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι), lectionary markings, incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions (doubled), Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, liturgical books (Synaxarion and Menologion).[4]
There is not a division according to the Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons; without pictures and decorations. It has one leaf added by a later hand with Gospel Harmony.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to Wisse's Profile Method it represents the textual family Kr in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
The manuscript currently housed in at the Biblioteca Estense (G. 5, α M 9. 14 (II A 5)), at Modena.