Minuscule 768 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε480 ( von Soden),

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

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manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute Scrivener labelled it as 859^e.

Description

The

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 ...

contains the text of the four Gospels, on 222 parchment leaves (size ), with one lacuna. The text is written in one column per page, 16-24 lines per page. It lacks text of Matthew 1:1-9:15. The text of Matthew 3:6-9:15 was supplied by the 15th century hand, the text of Matthew 1:1-2:25 by the 16th century hand on paper. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel. Lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, incipits, (''lessons''), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and were added by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

classified it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).

History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century;

C. R. Gregory C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

dated the manuscript to the 12th 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 12th century. The manuscript was the first time noticed in catalogue from 1876. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (859) and Gregory (768). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (161) in Athens.

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