Minuscule 722 Explained

Minuscule 722 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε54 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 827e.[5] The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, and Gospel of Luke, on 140 paper leaves (size), with lacunae.[3] [6]

ContentsMatthew 1:1-28:20; Mark 1:1-10:9; Luke 1:1-15:7.[6]

The text is written in one columns per page, 31 lines per page.[3]

The text of the codex 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 of chapters) are given at the top. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).[6]

It contains a commentary of Theophylact.[6]

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[7]

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

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[4]

Busbecq brought the manuscript from Constantinople.[6]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (827) and Gregory (722). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.[6]

At present the manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. gr. 95, fol. 135-274) in Vienna.[3] [4]

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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 . 4 . London . 274 .
  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. Frederik Wisse, The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke, William B. Eerdmans Publishing (Grand Rapids, 1982), p. 65.