{{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Minuscule | number = '''798''' | image = Minuscule 798 (042).jpg | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospels † | script = Greek | date = 11th century | found = | now at = Bible Museum Münster | cite = | size = 17 cm by 11.5 cm | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note = }}

'''Minuscule 798''' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) ε 473 (Soden).<ref name = 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=197}}</ref><ref name = Gregory1908>{{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}}</ref> It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 260 parchment leaves (17&nbsp;cm by 11.5&nbsp;cm). It is dated palaeographically to the 11th century.<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''Walter de Gruyter'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 94.</ref>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the Gospels with some lacunae (Mark 1:-8:2). The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page in minuscule letters.<ref name = Aland/> The initial letters in red. Size of the text is 11.4 by 7.5&nbsp;cm. Mark 1:1-8:2 is faded.<ref name = Gregory/>

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | page = 223 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n235/mode/2up }}</ref>

It contains lectionary markings at the margin and pictures.<ref name = Soden/>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.<ref>{{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 | page = 139 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>

It was not examined by using Claremont Profile Method.<ref name = Wisse>{{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 }}</ref>

== History ==

The codex was divided into two parts and now located in two places. Matthew and Mark on 112 folios are housed in Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη (137), in Athens. Luke and John on 148 folios are housed in ''Bibelmuseum'' (Ms. 7) in Münster.<ref name = Aland/>

Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.

== See also == * List of New Testament minuscules * Textual criticism

== 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’sche Buchhandlung | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 223 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n235/mode/2up }}

== External links ==

* [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA%20798/ Images of Minuscule 798] at the CSNTM * [https://www.uni-muenster.de/INTF/Manuscripts_Bible_Museum.html Manuscripts of the Bible Museum]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0798}} Category:Greek New Testament minuscules Category:11th-century biblical manuscripts Category:Manuscripts in the National Library of Greece