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Minuscule 245

Minuscule 245, ε 1226 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1199. It has marginalia.

Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 255 parchment leaves (size ). == Text ==
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. Hermann von Soden lists it as Is (along with codices 157, 235, 291, 713, 1012). According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixture of the Byzantine text-families in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it represents textual cluster 1167. == History ==
History
The manuscript was written by John, a priest, in 1199. Formerly the manuscript was held at the monastery Vatopedi at Athos peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, in 1655, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676). The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei. The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 16, S. 278) at Moscow. == See also ==
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