Minuscule 449, ε 330, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels in two volumes on 317 (146 + 171) parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 23-24 lines per page. It was clearly carefully written. == Text ==
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 291 and creates textual pair with minuscule 2603 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. == History ==
History
The manuscripts was written by Gerasimus, a monk. It was purchased for the British Museum in 1776. Scholz examined it only in Mark 5. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 4950-4951) in London. == See also ==