Minuscule 773 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A14 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 868e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 285 parchment leaves (size), with some lacunae.[3] It lacks the text of Matthew 1:1-5:46. The text is written in one column per page, 15 lines per page (biblical text), and 57 lines per page (commentary's text).[3] It has a commentary; several Isagogae from Eusebius, Isidor, Hesychius, Methodius, Cosmas, John of Damascus, Cyril of Alexandria.
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. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 Sections, the last in 16:12), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, and pictures.[6] The text of the Gospels and of commentary were corrected by a later hand.[1]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
The manuscript was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
The lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).
F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 10th century; C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 10th century.
The manuscript was written by John, a monk. It was housed in the monastery church του Σκουτρη.[6]
The manuscript was noticed in a catalogue from 1876.[9]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (868)[5] and Gregory (773). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[6] It was examined by Ernst von Dobschütz.[10]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (56) in Athens.