Minuscule 119 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1290 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has complex contents with marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 237 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page (size of text). The capital letters in red, the large initial letters in gold.[3]
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) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 236 - 16:12), (no references to the Eusebian Canons).[3]
It contains prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of stichoi, and pictures.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
According to Gregory textually it is close to the codex 120.[3]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 16 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[5] To this cluster belong manuscripts: 16, 217, 330, 491, 578, 693, 1528, and 1588.[6]
The manuscript once belonged to Simon de Colines in 1534.[3] It was examined by Louvois for Ludolph Kuster, Griesbach,[7] and Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[3]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 85), at Paris.[2]