Minuscule 859

Minuscule 859, Ν^λ50, is a 16th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complex context.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke 12:32-24:53 on 261 parchment leaves. The text is written in one column per page, 25 lines per page.
According to F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory it was written on paper, but according to Aland on parchment. It contains a commentary.

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century, Gregory dated it to the 16th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 16th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library, in Rome.