Minuscule 741 Explained

Minuscule 741 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε417 (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 complex contents.^{[3] [4]} Scrivener labelled it as 762^e.^[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke, on 362 paper leaves (size).^[3] The text is written in one column per page, 42-51 lines per page.^{[3] [6]}

The manuscript was written by several hands. It has a commentary of Theophylact. It contains Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.

It contains lectionary markings at the margin, for liturgical reading.

Text

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 text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (762) and Gregory (741). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.^[9] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.

The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 235) in Paris.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 742

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 217 .

Notes and References

1. [Hermann von Soden]
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 74.
3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 91 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . 4 . London . 1 . 270 .
6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 217 .
7. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
8. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 65 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
9. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]