Minuscule 770 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A148 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has not been preserved in its entirety.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 862e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John, on 270 parchment leaves (size), with lacunae.[3] It lacks the text of Matthew 1:1-5:46. The text is written in one column per page, 24-26 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.
It contains a commentary.[6] The text of the Gospels as well as a commentary was corrected by a later hand.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
The lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century;[5] Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]
The manuscript was noted in a catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (862)[5] and Gregory (770). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (203) in Athens.