Minuscule 734 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε48 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 752e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, and Gospel of Luke, on 297 parchment leaves (size).[3] [6] The leaves 269-297 are paper. It is ornamented.[5]
The text of the Gospel of Mark has lost. Only Prolegomena to Mark has survived.[1]
The order of books: John, Matthew, Luke, and Mark.[1] The same order has minuscule 19 and 427.
The text is written in one column per page, 37 lines per page.[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 and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th or 15th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]
The manuscript formerly belonged to Arsenios from Monembasia.[1]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (752) and Gregory (734). 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. 192) in Paris.[3] [4]