Minuscule 718 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε352 (
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. 177. 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, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.
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at the Münster Institute Scrivener labelled it as 736
e.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four
Gospels, on 254 parchment leaves (size ), with some
lacunae.
[
The text is written in one columns per page, 24 lines per page.][ The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text and their (''titles'') are given at the top. The text is also divided according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections, the last section in 16:15), which numbers are given at the margin, but without references to the Eusebian Canons. A references to the Eusebian Canons were added by a later hand, but only at the beginning of Matthew.][
The manuscript contains hypotheses, lists of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel. It contains lectionary markings, ''incipits'' (beginning of church lessons marked), ]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 ...
, 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 ...
, and subscriptions ( Jerusalem Colophon).[
It contains many marginal notes.][
]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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.[
]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th or 12th century, Dean Burgon to the 12th century, Gregory dated it to the 14th century.[ Currently the manuscript is 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.[
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (736) and Gregory (718). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.][ The text was collated by H. B. Swete.][
At present the manuscript is housed at the Conville and Caius (MS 781/819) in Cambridge.][
]
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
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
14th-century biblical manuscripts
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Manuscripts in Cambridge