Minuscule 719 Explained

Minuscule 719 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε24 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 1196. The manuscript has complex contents.^{[3] [4]} Scrivener labelled it as 824^e.^[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 314 paper leaves (size).^{[3] [6]}

The text is written in one column per page, 34-40 lines per page.^[3]

It contains a Theophylact's commentary to the Gospels.^[6]

The text was written by two hands.^[1] It contains some extracts from Photius and one anonymous author at the end.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[7]

It was not examined by using Claremont Profile Method.^[8]

It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).^[6]

History

According to the colophon it was written in 1196, by Paulus, a monk.^{[6] [4]}

Formerly the manuscript was held in Constantinople. Busbecq brought the manuscript from Constantinople to Vienna.^[6]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (824) and Gregory (719). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.^[6]

At present the manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. gr. 19, fol. 1–314) in Vienna.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 216 .

Notes and References

1. [Hermann von Soden]
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 73.
3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 90 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . fourth . London . 273 .
6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 216 .
7. Book: Aland . Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
8. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 65 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .