Minuscule 730 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Zε32 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 748e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 331 paper leaves (size), with only one lacuna (John 21:3-25).[3] [6]
The text is written in one column per page, 32 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) 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 Zigabenus.[6]
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]
It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (748) and Gregory (730). 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. 183) in Paris.[3] [4]