Minuscule 666 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1293 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it by 899e.[5]
The codex contains the entire of the four Gospels, on 298 parchment leaves (size) with some lacunae.[3] The text of John 3:4-18; 5:12-6:7; 7:2-21:25.[1]
The text is written in one column per page, 23-24 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top. There are the Ammonian Sections are given at the margin to the Gospel of Matthew, but only from number α' to number κβ'.[6]
It contains Prolegomena, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are placed before each of the Gospels, portrait of Evangelists before every Gospel. Lectionary markings and subscriptions to the Gospel of John were added by a later hand.[6]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kx in Luke 1; 10; 20.[8]
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th or 13th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
The manuscript came to USA from Albania.[6] [1]
Gregory saw the manuscript in 1889.[6]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Harvard University Library (Ms. Gr. 1), in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3] [4]