Minuscule 728

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Minuscule 728 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε412 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. | authorlink = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 90 | url = | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }} Scrivener labelled it as 746e.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | edition = 4 | location = London | page = 270 | url = | isbn = }}

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 231 parchment leaves (size ), without any lacunae.

The text is written in two columns per page, 60-68 lines per page.

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), with their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | pages = 216–217 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n229/mode/2up | isbn = }}

It contains Prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents), subscriptions at the end of the Gospels, numbers of στιχοι, Synaxarion, lectionary markings at the margin, and pictures. It has a commentary of Theophylact.

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.{{Cite book | last1 = Aland | first1 = Kurt | authorlink = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | authorlink2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | pages = 139 | url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt | url-access = limited | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | authorlink = | title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 65 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/65 | doi = | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 14th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (746) and Gregory (728). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.

The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 181) in Paris.

References

References

  1. [[Hermann von Soden]], ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 267.
  2. Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
  3. [http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the Münster Institute
  4. [[Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]], ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N.bT., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 95

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