Minuscule 565

Minuscule 565
New Testament manuscript
NameEmpress Theodora's Codex
TextGospels
Date9th century
ScriptGreek
Now atRussian National Library
Size17.6 cm by 19.2 cm
TypeCaesarean text-type
CategoryIII
Notemarginalia

Minuscule 565, also known as the Empress Theodora's Codex, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on purple parchment. It is designated by the siglum 565 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 93 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 9th century. It was labelled by Biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener as 473. The manuscript has several gaps. It has marginalia.