Minuscule 179 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 211 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains an almost complete text of the four Gospels on 249 thick parchment leaves (size),[2] with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 21-23 lines per page,[2] in dark-brown ink; the capital letters in red.[3]
The last five leaves (214-218) and two others (23, 30) are paper, and were added later in the 15th or 16th century.[4]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use. Synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 15th or 16th century on paper.[3] [4]
The Greek text of the manuscript is mostly the Byzantine, but it is not pure Byzantine. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[5] It is classified to the textual Family 1424.According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text.[6]
It was examined by Bianchini, Birch (about 1782),[7] and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Angelica (11), at Rome.[2]