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Minuscule 739

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Minuscule 739
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of Luke
Date15th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque nationale de France
Size34.2 cm by 22.7 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notecommentary

Minuscule 739 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε413 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 757e.[5]

Description

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The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke, on 48 parchment leaves (size 34.2 cm by 22.7 cm), with lacunae.[3] The text is written in one column per page, 34-37 lines per page.[3][6]

It contains texts: Luke 1:1-12; 5:27-6:11; 9:45-50; 11:33-38.52-fin.[1]

It has a commentary of Theophylact.[6]

Text

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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 the Claremont Profile Method.[8]

History

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

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (757) and Gregory (739). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[9] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 207) in Paris.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 268.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 74.
  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. 91. 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. 270.
  6. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 217.{{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.
  9. ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 99

Further reading

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