Minuscule 714
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New Testament manuscript |
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Evangelist Matthew
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| Name | Codex Algerina Peckower 2 |
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| Text | Gospels † |
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 13.8 cm by 9.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | – |
Minuscule 714 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1392 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.Scrivener labelled it as 563e.
The manuscript contains also a fragment of Sentences of Peter Lombard.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 338 parchment leaves (size 13.8 cm by 9.5 cm), with one lacuna (gap in the text). It lacks texts of John 20:17-21:25.
The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The manuscript is ornamented, the large initial letters in red, the small initials are in red.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) are given at the top. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
The manuscript contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Prolegomena, the Eusebian Canon tables, lists of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel. It contains lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end, and numbers of στιχοι. It contains seven miniatures in colours on gold, four of them with symbols of the four Evangelists, and three with portraits of the Evangelists (except Luke).
It has very special liturgical directions.
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