Minuscule 762 Explained

Minuscule 762 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε477 (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.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 852e.[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 332 parchment leaves (size).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 21 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) at the top of the pages.

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin, subscription to the Gospel of Mark, and Synaxarion.[5] [6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke 1 and Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.[8]

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.

It was written by Markos, a monk.[6]

In 1843 the manuscript was brought from the monastery of St. George in Locris to Athens,[6] along with 763.[9]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (852)[5] and Gregory (762). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (155) in Athens.

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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 . 92 . 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 . 274 .
  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 219 .
  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 . limited . 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. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 220 .