Minuscule 724 Explained

Minuscule 724 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε530 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment and partially on paper. It is dated by a Colophon to 1520 CE. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 829e.[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 203 parchment and paper leaves (size).[3] [6]

The text is written in single columns per page, 22 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), Greek and Latin, but there are no Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top or bottom.[6]

It contains lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) with a harmony before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end, and Pseudo-Dorotheus Lives of the Evangelists.[6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

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

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the year 1520.[4]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (829) and Gregory (724). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the Austrian National Library (Suppl. gr. 175) in Vienna.[3] [4]

See also

Further reading

. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 216 .

Notes and References

  1. [Hermann von Soden]
  2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory

    . Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 73.

  3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland

    . 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

    . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . 4 . London . 274 .

  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

    . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 216 .

  7. Book: Kurt Aland

    . 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 . limited . 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 .