title: Minuscule 239
text: # Minuscule 239
  
  Minuscule 239 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), $A^{147}$ (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically, it has been assigned to the 11th century.
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains the text of the Mark 16:2-8; Luke 1:1-53; 1:70-24:53; John 1:1-16:23 on 277 parchment leaves (size 32.5 cm by 25.5 cm). It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before Luke and John, and scholia. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary (catena).
  
  ## 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
  
  The manuscript belonged to the monastery Pantocrator at Athos peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676). The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei.
  
  The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 84, S. 46) at Moscow.
  
  