Minuscule 136

Minuscule 136 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Z^{ε 31} (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[2]

Minuscule 136

New Testament manuscript
Text	Matthew, Mark
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Vatican Library
Size	24.7 cm by 17 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark on 235 cotton paper leaves (size 24.7 cm by 17 cm),^[2] with a commentary of Euthymius Zigabenus. It has a lacuna at the end (Mark 15:1-fin).^[3]

It contains lacuna at the end of the Gospel of Mark 15:1-16:20. The text is written in one column per page, 32 lines per page.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

History

It is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.^[2] The manuscript was examined by Birch (about 1782) in Gospel of Matthew about 1782. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[4]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 665), at Rome.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism