Minuscule 728


Minuscule 728, Θε412, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 746e.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 231 parchment leaves, without any lacunae.
The text is written in two columns per page, 60-68 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, with their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια, subscriptions at the end of the Gospels, numbers of στιχοι, Synaxarion, lectionary markings at the margin, and pictures. It has a commentary of Theophylact.

Text

did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 14th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.