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
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 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 Menologion, 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 Kr.[ Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents Kx.]
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.[ The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.][
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (125) in Athens.
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
* Minuscule 785
Minuscule 785 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε197 ( von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
14th-century biblical manuscripts
Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece