Minuscule 724
New Testament manuscript
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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]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 1520 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Austrian National Library |
| Size | 14.2 cm by 10 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | – |
Description
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
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
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]
