Minuscule 853
Minuscule 853 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν (von Soden), is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content. Description. The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke (6:29-12:10) on 320 parchment leaves (size ), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 30 lines per page. Text. The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category V. It was not examined by the Claremont Profile  Method. History. C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century. 879 was probably rewritten from this manuscript. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (853). Gregory saw it in 1886. Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Casanatense (Ms. 715), in Rome.