Minuscule 866 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε405 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a 16th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has no complex context, and some marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew (7:25-10:40) on 7 paper leaves (size), with a catena. It has some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[3] [4]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text, but without their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for Church reading), and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons).[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 16th century.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (866e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5] Formerly it was designated by 866a.[4]
It was bound with some parts of another manuscripts. 4 leaves with text of Acts 6:17-13:2, in Greek and Latin, actually it is designated by 866b (Soden's α1375),[5] and with minuscule 1918 from the 14th century, with text of Apocalypse.[4]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 1882, fol. 10-16), in Rome.[3] [4]