Minuscule 7

Minuscule 7
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Library of France
Size20.6 cm by 16 cm
TypeByzantine text-type/mixed
Categorynone
NoteFamily 1424

Minuscule 7 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, made of parchment. It is designated by the siglum 7 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 287 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 12th century.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing the complete text of the four Gospels on 186 parchment leaves (sized 20.6 cm by 16 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page. The capital letters are written in colour, the initial letters are written in red.

The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the chapter titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (241 sections in the Gospel of Mark), with references to the Eusebian Canons.

It contains Gospel introductions (known as prolegomena), a synaxaria (list of weekly readings in the Church's calendar, the Epistle to Carpian, Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, pictures, the Menologion (list of Saint Feast days), and lectionary markings in the margin.

Text

According to biblical scholar and textual critic Constantin von Tischendorf, the text of the manuscript is considered a representative of the Byzantine text-type, but with some Alexandrian readings. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category of his New Testament manuscript classification system.

According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it forms a textual cluster along with Minuscule 267, 1651, and 1654. The cluster stands close to the textual family Kx. It belongs to the textual Family 1424.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was examined by biblical scholars Johann J. Wetstein and Johann M. A. Scholz. Scholz examined only Mark 1-6 and John 3-8. Wettstein gave the number 7 to it.

According to biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener, it seems to be Stephens' ς'. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.

The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century. It is presently located at the National Library of France (shelf number Gr. 71) in Paris.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 48.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 47. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 7". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament] (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 129.
  5. ↑ von Tischendorf, Constantin (1859). Novum Testamentum Graece [The Greek New Testament] (7 ed.). Leipsig: Adolph Winter. p. CXCV.
  6. ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 129, 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ↑ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 53, 110. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  8. ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 191.
  9. ↑ Martin, Jean-Pierre-Paul (1883). Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris [Technical Description of the Greek Manuscripts relating to the New Testament, conserved in the Libraries of Paris]. Paris: Maisonneuve frères et C. Leclerc. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 2026-09-23.