Minuscule 725 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε383 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 881e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 210 parchment leaves (size).[3] [6]
The text is written in single columns per page, 24-26 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top.[6] There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[6]
It contains Prolegomena, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, Synaxarion, and pictures.[6]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[8]
In John 8:9 it reads αναγινωσκοντες for ακουσαντες as minuscule 651.[6]
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (881) and Gregory (725). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1891.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the Royal Library of Belgium (11358) in Brussels.[3] [4]