Minuscule 588 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), õ 229 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1321. The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 457.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 221 parchment leaves (size ) with some lacunae (Matthew 10:27-13:19; 27:49-28:20; Luke 24:5-53 John 1:1-8; 4:51-7:3). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, lists of the before each of the Gospela, numerals of the (chapters) at the margin, the (titles), Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 â 16:20), the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, incipits, lists of , subscriptions, and pictures. The part of John 5 is much earlier than the rest of the manuscript.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K<sup>r</sup>. Aland placed it in Category V. According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K<sup>r</sup> in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
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The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by Dean Burgon.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (E. 63 sup.), at Milan.