Minuscule 655 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 177 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it by 635e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 324 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[3] It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (before every Gospel). The text is divided according to the numbered Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top, and according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections – the last in 16:19), with references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains also the Harmony at the foot, subscriptions at the end of books, stichoi, and pictures of Evangelists.[5] [6] It contains some notes of Clemens of Alexandria and John Chrysostom.[6]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as K1, which according to him represents the earliest stage of the Byzantine text. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[7] According to the Wisse's Profile Method it has mixed the Byzantine text in Luke 1 and Luke 10, and Kx text in Luke 20.[8]
The texts of the Christ's agony (Luke 22:43-44), John 5:3-4, and the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) are marked with an obelus.[6] It means the authenticity of these texts were doubtful for the scribe.
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th or 12th century,[5] Gregory dated it to the 11th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th or 12th century.[4]
The manuscript was not cited in the editions of the Novum Testamentum Graece (UBS3/UBS4, NA26/NA27).
Formerly the manuscript was housed in Berlin (Königliche Bibliothek, Gr. quarto 39).[5] [6]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Berlin State Library (Graec. quarto 39), in Berlin.[3] [4]