Minuscule 65
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New Testament manuscript |
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The first page of the Gospel of Matthew
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| Name | Codex Ussher 2 Harleianus 5776 |
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| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1674, John Covel |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 22.8 cm by 17.8 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 65 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 135 (von Soden), formerly known as Ussher 2, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents including marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 309 leaves (size 22.8 cm by 17.8 cm). The last verse in the Gospel of John was supplied by a later hand. The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. There are four decorated head-pieces and ornamental initial letters in colour and gold, one at the beginning of each Gospel.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Matthew 355, Mark 234 - 16:9, Luke 342, John 232 sections), whose numbers are given at the margin with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of στιχοι. There are some notes made by later hand at the margin.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. It is a member of the textual family E (Soden's Ki). According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
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