Minuscule 779
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 779 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε472 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3][4]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 18.5 cm by 14 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | – |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 171 parchment leaves (size 18.5 cm by 14 cm).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 26-28 lines per page.[3] Some leaves are wrongly bound.[1]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[5]
It contains lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion, Menologion), and pictures.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 it has mixed Byzantine text. It is related to Π groups.[6]
History
C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (779). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (127) in Athens.[3][4]
