Minuscule 742
Minuscule 742 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has no complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 764. Description. The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John on 160 paper leaves (size ), with one lacuna (John 21:22-25). The text is written in one column per page, 26-28 lines per page. It has a commentary of Theophylact. Text. Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category . It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method. It lacks the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11). History. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th or 16th century; Gregory dated it 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 (764) and Gregory (742). 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. 1775) in Paris.