Minuscule 715 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε364 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 564e.[5] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 176 parchment leaves (size),[3] [6] and two unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and end.
The text is written in two columns per page, 27-29 lines per page.[3] The manuscript has ornamented headpieces, the large initial letters in red, the small initials in red.
The manuscript contains Prolegomena, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel. The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) are given at the top. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 Sections, the last section in 16:15), which numbers are given at the margin, but without a references to the Eusebian Canons.[6]
It contains lectionary markings at the margin (added by a later hand), incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ρηματα, and numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.[5] [6]
It contains extracts from a commentary of Eulogius of Alexandria and diagnosis of Hesychius (folios 175-176).[7]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to Ak, related to the Byzantine commentated text (along with 534, 546, 558, 573). Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[8]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.[9]
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
Note in Greek on folio 2 with date 25 August 1720. James Woodhouse († 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands. It was bought by Dean Burgon, then belonged to W. F. Rose, and bought for the British Museum in 1893 (along with minuscule 714, 716).[6] [7]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (564) and Gregory (715). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[6] The text was collated by Rose.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the British Library (Egerton MS 2785).[3] [4]