Minuscule 724 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε530 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment and partially on paper. It is dated by a Colophon to 1520 CE. The manuscript has complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 829e.[5]

Minuscule 724
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date1520
ScriptGreek
Now atAustrian National Library
Size14.2 cm by 10 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Note

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 203 parchment and paper leaves (size 14.2 cm by 10 cm).[3][6]

The text is written in single columns per page, 22 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), Greek and Latin, but there are no τιτλοι (titles) at the top or bottom.[6]

It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) with a harmony before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end, and Pseudo-Dorotheus Lives of the Evangelists.[6]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

It was not examined by using Claremont Profile Method.[8]

History edit

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the year 1520.[4]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (829) and Gregory (724). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the Austrian National Library (Suppl. gr. 175) in Vienna.[3][4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 208.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 73.
  3. ^ a b c d Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 90. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  5. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 274.
  6. ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 216.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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