Minuscule 240
# Minuscule 240

Minuscule 240 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), $Z^{ε21}$ (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.

## Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 411 parchment leaves (size 33.5 cm by 22 cm), with some lacunae (Mark 8:12-34; 14:17-54; Luke 15:32-16:8). The text is written in one column per page, 33-39 lines per page.

It contains tables of κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary of Euthymius Zigabenus. The biblical text written in red, the text of a commentary in black ink.

## Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.

## History

Formerly the manuscript was held in the monastery Philotheus at Athos peninsula, then in the Dionysius monastery. It was brought from the Athos to Moscow, 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. 87, S. 48) at Moscow.

