Minuscule 818


Minuscule 818, Θε419, is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper, with a commentary.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 373 cotton paper leaves, with a commentary. The leaves are arranged in quarto. It has ornamented headpieces.
The text is written in one column per page, 32 lines per page.
It contains a commentary of Theophylact.

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 according to the Claremont Profile Method.

History

Emmanuel Miller and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. It is presently assigned to the 14th century on palaeographic grounds by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research.
The manuscript was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory.
The manuscript is now housed in El Escorial.