Minuscule 780 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε198 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 241 parchment leaves (size).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[3] The texts of John 17:9-18:1; 21:3-25 were supplied by a later hand.[1]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 Sections - 16:12), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Argumentum (to Matthew), Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) with a harmony, lectionary markings at the margin (later hand).[5] It contains scholia on the first seven leaves.[1]
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text.[7]
It lacks texts of and Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[5]
C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (780). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (121) in Athens.