Minuscule 739 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε413 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has no complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 757e.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke, on 48 parchment leaves (size ), with lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 34-37 lines per page.
It contains texts: Luke 1:1-12; 5:27-6:11; 9:45-50; 11:33-38.52-fin.
It has a commentary of Theophylact.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 15th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (757) and Gregory (739). 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 (Gr. 207) in Paris.