Minuscule 769 (Gregory-Aland)
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Gospels |
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| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 21.5 cm by 15 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | — |
Minuscule 769 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε540 (von Soden), 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.Scrivener labelled it as 861e.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 253 paper leaves (size 21.5 cm by 15 cm). The text of Matthew 1:1-15 was supplied by a later hand. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.
It contains Argumentum (explanation of using Eusebian Canons), tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, Lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel. Liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion) were supplied in the 15th century.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to the subgroup 35 (lacks reading 37 in Luke 1).
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