Minuscule 741 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε417 (von Soden),Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 268. is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute Scrivener labelled it as 762e.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke, on 362 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 42-51 lines per page.
The manuscript was written by several hands. It has a commentary of Theophylact. It contains (titles) at the top of the pages.
It contains lectionary markings at the margin, for liturgical reading.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
It lacks the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (762) and Gregory (741). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 100 Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 235) in Paris.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism Minuscule 742
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