Minuscule 731 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε415 (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 749e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 426 paper leaves (size), with some lacunae (Matthew 2:14-6:25).[3] [6] The texts of Matthew 1:1-2:13 and John 7:40-21:25 were supplied by a later hand.[1]
The text is written in one column per page, 37 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. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but there are no references to the Eusebian Canons.[6]
It contains Prolegomena, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and pictures (crude). It has a commentary of Theophylact.[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 dated the manuscript to the 14th century, Gregory dated it to the 14th or 15th 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 (749) and Gregory (731). 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. 184) in Paris.[3] [4]