Minuscule 778 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε465 (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 complex contents.[3] [4]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 195 parchment leaves (size).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 25 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. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 238, 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, Prolegomena (later hand), lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the left margin, incipits, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, and pictures (in Matthew from another manuscript).[5]
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.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[7]
C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (778). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (80) in Athens.