Minuscule 729 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε323 (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 747e.[5]
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 341 parchment leaves (size).[3]
The text is written in two columns per page, 37-47 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is no another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (with references to the Eusebian Canons).[6] It contains Prolegomena and tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel. It has a commentary of Theophylact.[6]
Folio 342 is classified as Lectionary 61.[3]
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 the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th 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 (747) and Gregory (729). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[9] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 182, fol. 1-341) in Paris.[3] [4]