Minuscule 76
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Name | Codex Caesar-Vindobonensis |
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| Text | New Testament (except Rev.) |
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Austrian National Library |
| Size | 19 cm by 13.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | close to Complutensian Polyglot full marginalia |
Minuscule 76 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 298 (von Soden), known as Codex Caesar-Vindobonensis, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. Formerly it was assigned by 49p. It has complex contents, and full marginalia. It was adapted for liturgical use
The codex contains entire of the New Testament except its last book, the Book of Revelation, on 358 leaves (size 19 cm by 13.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page. The initial letters in red, main text in black ink. The margins are wide, size of the text is 13 cm by 8.5 cm.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections – 16:9), without references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, liturgical books with hagiograpies (synaxaria and Menologion), and pictures (John the Evangelist with Prochorus).
The order of books is usual for the Greek manuscripts: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 10. In Luke 1 and Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.
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