Minuscule 761 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε476 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts),

Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 197. is a Greek

minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printing, printed or repr ...

of the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

written on parchment. Using the study of comparative writing styles (

palaeography Palaeography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, UK) or paleography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") ...

), it has been assigned to the 14th century.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute Biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener labelled it as 850.

Description

The manuscript is a

codex The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...

(precursor to the modern book) containing the text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

s on 281

parchment Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing medium for over two millennia. Vellum is a finer quality parchment made from the skins of ...

leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The text is divided according to the chapters (known as / ''kephalaia''), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as / ''titloi'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division into smaller sections, the Ammonian sections with references to the Eusebian Canons (an early system of dividing the four Gospels into different sections), of which in the Gospel of Mark there are 233 sections, the last appearing at Mark 16:8. The manuscript is also ornamented. It contains the lectionary books

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of ''synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛⲁ ...

(a list of saint's days) and

Menologion Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''m� ...

(a list of readings to be read each calendar month), Eusebius' Epistle to Carpianus (a letter outlying Eusebius' Gospel division system), the Eusebian Canon tables (an early system of dividing the four Gospels into different sections), Prolegomena to each gospel, lectionary markings in the margin, subscriptions at the end of each gospel, tables of contents (also known as ) before each Gospel, and pictures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered a representative of the Byzantine text-type. The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups. These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

. Textual-critic

classified it to his Antiocheian commentated text (K), meaning it is a Byzantine commentated text. Biblical scholar

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...

placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscripts classification system. Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text." According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classif ...

(a specific analysis of textual data) it represents textual family K in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to the textual cluster 46, and creates a pair with Minuscule 995 in Luke 1 and Luke 10.

History

The codex was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (as his 850) and Gregory to his list as number 761. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. It was presented to the museum in Aegina. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century; but Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...

to the 14th century. The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (154) in

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References

External links

Minuscule 761 images online
at the CSNTM. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 761 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece

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