Minuscule 785 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε197 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 230 parchment leaves (size).[3] The texts of Luke 22:29-23:17; 23:56-24:53; John 7:12-8:2; 9:19-21:25 were supplied by a later hand.
The text is written in one column per page, 21 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 their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 sections – the last in 16:20), but without a references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια, lectionary markings at the margin, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, and pictures. The pictures have Latin subscriptions.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[7]
According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in Calabria in the 11th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4] The name of scribe was Sergius, a monk.[5]
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (785). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (118) in Athens.