Minuscule 232 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated ε 455 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1302 (though Frederick Scrivener deciphered the date as 1292). The manuscript is also known as the Codex Escurialensis.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 289 parchment leaves, measuring 22 cm by 17.5 cm. The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves per quire). The text is written in one column per page, with 20–22 lines per page. It includes the τίτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top and a double Synaxarion. There are also τίτλοι in the margins of Matthew and Luke. The manuscript is elegantly written, though the scribe is noted to have used a poor source.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. According to the Claremont Profile Method, it represents textual family Kx in Luke chapters 1, 10, and 20. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V, which denotes manuscripts with a predominantly Byzantine text.
History
The manuscript contains an inscription from 1514 made by one of its owners, named Zacharias. It was described by Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer, who collated it around 1783 for Andreas Birch. It was also collated by Matthaei and briefly described by Emmanuel Miller, who deciphered the date of the colophon as 1292.
Location
The manuscript is currently housed at the Escurial (El Escorial, Spain), with the shelfmark Cod. Escurialensis, y. III. 7.
