Minuscule 742
Minuscule 742 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε414 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it as 764e.[5]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospel of John |
|---|---|
| Date | 15th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 21.9 cm by 15 cm |
| Type | ? |
| Category | none |
| Note | commentary |
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John on 160 paper leaves (size 21.9 cm by 15 cm),[3] with one lacuna (John 21:22-25).[6]
The text is written in one column per page, 26-28 lines per page.[3]
It has a commentary of Theophylact.[6]
Text
Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[7]
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
It lacks the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[6]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th or 16th century; Gregory dated it to the 15th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (764) and Gregory (742). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[9] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[6]
The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 1775) in Paris.[3][4]
References
- Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 268.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 74.
- Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 91. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 270.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 218.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 101
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 218.