Minuscule 246 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 460 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 189 paper leaves (size ), with two lacunae (Matthew 12:41-13:55; John 17:24-18:20). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page. It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, marginal various readings. Synaxarion and Menologion were added by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20 as a perfect member. In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

Formerly the manuscript was held at Athos peninsula. It was brought 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. 19, S. 274) at Moscow.