Minuscule 786 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε536 ( von Soden), 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 of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute

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The

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contains the text of the four Gospels, on 288 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the , lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, liturgical 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 ...

and

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, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

Text

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

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 ...

classified it to the textual family K^r. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family K^r in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents K^x.

History

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th 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. Formerly it was housed in the monastery μεγαλων πυλων 22. The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (786). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (125) in Athens.

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