Minuscule 721


Minuscule 721, Θε25, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Scrivener labelled it as 826e.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Luke, on 502 parchment leaves.
The text is written in one columns per page, 25 lines per page.
The manuscript contains lists of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel. The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin of the text and their τιτλοι are given at the top. The text is also divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains a commentary of Theophylact.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.
It was not examined by using to the Claremont Profile Method.

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.
It was examined by Bessarion and Sambucky.
At present the manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library in Vienna.