Minuscule 701
Encyclopedia
Minuscule 701 ε1405 (von Soden), is a Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener
labelled it by 523e.
on 170 parchment leaves (size ) The text is written in one columns per page, 22 lines per page. The text of Matthew 23:1-20 was supplied by a later hand.
The text is divided according to the (chapters), which numbers are given at the margin; the (titles of chapters) are given at the top and bottom. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections
, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Prolegomena, the tables of the (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, and "barbarous pictures".
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category
.
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
to the 14th century.
The manuscript once belonged to the Metropolitan Church in Heraclea near Propontis. Thomas Payne
, chaplain in the British embassy in Constantinople
, presented the manuscript to Charles Herzog, Duke of Marlborough, in 1738. It was held in Belsheim 3.B.14, and in the Herm White in London, Gregory saw it in 1883.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (523) and Gregory (701).
It was examined and described by Dean Burgon.
Currently the owner of the manuscript and place of its housing is unknown.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on parchment. Palaeographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener
Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
The Reverend Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, LL.D. was an important text critic of the New Testament and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version of the Bible...
labelled it by 523e.
Description
The codex contains the text of the New TestamentNew Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
on 170 parchment leaves (size ) The text is written in one columns per page, 22 lines per page. The text of Matthew 23:1-20 was supplied by a later hand.
The text is divided according to the (chapters), which numbers are given at the margin; the (titles of chapters) are given at the top and bottom. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections
Ammonian Sections
Eusebian canons or Eusebian sections, also known as Ammonian Sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts date only from the 13th and 16th centuries, respectively...
, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Prolegomena, the tables of the (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, and "barbarous pictures".
Text
Kurt AlandKurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category
Categories of New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts in Greek are categorized into five groups, according to a scheme introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian...
.
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTFInstitute for New Testament Textual Research
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is an institute for the investigation of the text of the New Testament. The INTF was founded in Münster in 1959 by Professor Kurt Aland , the first director of the Institute...
to the 14th century.
The manuscript once belonged to the Metropolitan Church in Heraclea near Propontis. Thomas Payne
Thomas Payne
Thomas Payne was a well-known bookseller in 18th century London. He was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire. From 1750 he ran a shop in Castle Street, Leicester Fields. The premises were notoriously small, but exceptionally popular with the literati of that period...
, chaplain in the British embassy in Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
, presented the manuscript to Charles Herzog, Duke of Marlborough, in 1738. It was held in Belsheim 3.B.14, and in the Herm White in London, Gregory saw it in 1883.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (523) and Gregory (701).
It was examined and described by Dean Burgon.
Currently the owner of the manuscript and place of its housing is unknown.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...