Minuscule 797 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε535 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 224 paper leaves (size).[3] The text of John 21:25 was supplied by a later hand.
The text is written in one column per page, 22 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. There is no another division.[5]
It contains Argumentum, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια, lectionary markings, incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), liturgical books Synaxarion and Menologion, and Verses in Mark.[5] It contains subscriptions added by a later hand.[1]
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 Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to the textual subgroup 35.[7]
The text of Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.[5]
According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (797). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (111) in Athens.