Minuscule 721 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε25 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 826e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Luke, on 502 parchment leaves (size).[3] [6]
The text is written in one columns per page, 25 lines per page.[3]
The manuscript contains lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια before each Gospel. The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) are given at the top. The text is also divided according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections, the last section in 16:15), whose numbers are given at the margin, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[5] [6]
It contains a commentary of Theophylact.[6]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
It was not examined by using to the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (826) and Gregory (721). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.[6]
It was examined by Bessarion and Sambucky.
At present the manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. gr. 90) in Vienna.