Minuscule 645 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 434 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1304 (or 1305). The manuscript has complex contents.[2] Scrivener labelled it by 591e.[3]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 279 parchment leaves (size). It is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[2]
It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια, numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top, lectionary markings, incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις, subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι (in subscriptions), and pictures.[3] [4] The Ammonian Sections were added by a later hand.[4]
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with an obelus.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]
The manuscript was written by Neophytus a monk of Cyprus in 1304/1305.[3] [4] [7] It was held in the monastery in Creta. In 1849 it belonged to Micheal Sarmalenios in Milos.[4] It was bought at Milos by H. O. Coxe in 1857 from a Greek who had it from a relative who had been "hegoumenos" of a Canadian monastery.[3]
A facsimile was given in Catalogue of British Museum.
The manuscript currently is housed at the British Library (Add MS 22506) in London.[2] [7]