| Minuscule 789 | |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels † |
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 23 cm by 17.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | – |
Minuscule 789 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε396 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4]
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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 250 parchment leaves (size 23 cm by 17.5 cm), with some lacunae.[3] The texts of Matthew 1:1-5:40; John 19:12-21:25 were supplied by a later hand in the 16th century.[5]
The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.[5]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel with a Harmony, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), (Synaxarion, Menologion from 16th century), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of στιχοι.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 20 no profile was made.[6]
According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]
Formerly it was housed in the monastery μεγαλων πυλων 27.[5] The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (789). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (134) in Athens.[3][4]