Minuscule 743


Minuscule 743, α1401 Aν414Nι40, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 738e.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, 1-3 Epistles of John, Revelation of John on 401 paper leaves, with one lacuna. According to Gregory it has 406 leaves.
The text is written in one column per page, 35 lines per page. The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι at the top of the pages.
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin.
Gospel of John has a commentary of Nicetas, Revelation of John has a commentary of Andreas. Epistles of John are without a commentary.

Text

the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
In John 2:1 it reads τριτη ημερα for ημερα τη τριτη ; the reading is supported by manuscripts: Codex Vaticanus, Codex Nanianus, Koridethi, manuscripts of Ferrar Family, minuscule 196.
In John 4:51 it reads υιος for παις, the reading of the codex is supported by Codex Bezae, Codex Cyprius, Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus, Nanianus, Codex Petropolitanus, 0141, 33, 194, 196, 817, 892, 1192, 1216, 1241.

History

- followed Martin - 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.
The manuscript 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.
Herman C. Hoskier collated text of the Apocalypse. It was examined by J. Schmid.
The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.