Minuscule 729


Minuscule 729, Θε323, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 747e.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 341 parchment leaves.
The text is written in two columns per page, 37-47 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, with their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is no another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections.
It contains Prolegomena and tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel. It has a commentary of Theophylact.
Folio 342 is classified as Lectionary 61.

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.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 13th century.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. 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 in Paris.