Minuscule 74

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-14; 5:29-6:1). The text is written in one column per page, 26-27 lines per page on 204 leaves (size ). == Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. According to Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual cluster 74. To the cluster belong manuscripts: 74, 89, 198, 234, 390, 483, 484, 502, 561, (Luke 1), 1397, 1594, 1635, 1676, 2266, 2707, and 2749. The profile of the cluster is following: Luke 1 (6, 9, 27, 34), Luke 10 (15, 18, 23, 44, 57, 60), Luke 20 (4, 13, 19, 35, 50, 54, 62). == History ==

The manuscript was written in 1291 or 1292 by scribe Theodore from the village Agios Petros in Arcadia. Theodore wrote minuscule 234 in 1278, 856 in 1280, 484 in 1292, 483 in 1295, 412 in 1301. Possibly it was recopied by minuscule 90 (Gregory). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It is currently housed at Christ Church, Oxford (Wake 20). == See also ==