Minuscule 780
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 780
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| text = Gospels
| script = Greek
| date = 11th century
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| now at = National Library of Greece
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| size = {{×|20|16}}
| type = mixed
| cat = none
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Minuscule 780 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε198 (von Soden),{{Cite book|last=Soden, von|first=Hermann|author-link=Hermann, Freiherr von Soden|title=Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte|volume=1|year=1902|publisher=Verlag von Alexander Duncker|location=Berlin|page=146}}{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n85/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=75}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = K.
| author-link = Kurt Aland
|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack
| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| year = 1994
| location = Berlin, New York
| page = 93
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the Münster Institute
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 241 parchment leaves (size {{×|20|16}}). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The texts of John 17:9-18:1; 21:3-25 were supplied by a later hand.
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), with their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 Sections - 16:12), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Argumentum (to Matthew), Prolegomena, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) with a harmony, lectionary markings at the margin (later hand).{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 221
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n233/mode/2up
}}
It contains scholia on the first seven leaves.
Text
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/66 66]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/66
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
It lacks texts of Matthew 16:2b–3 and Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).
History
C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 219
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n231/mode/2up
}}
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (780). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (121) in Athens.{{r|Aland|INTF}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 221
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n233/mode/2up
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 780}}
Category:Greek New Testament minuscules