Minuscule 400
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Minuscule 400 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 50 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 12:29-13:2, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 249 parchment leaves (12.4 cm by 9.4 cm) with some lacunae (Matt. 1:1-23:27). Written in one column per page, in 14-15 lines per page.[1] It contains the Euthalian apparatus.[2]
- Lacunae
Acts, 1:11-2:11; Romans 1:1-27; 1 Cor. 14:12-15:46; 2 Cor 1:1-8; 5:4-19; 1 Tim. 4:1-Heb. 1:9.[2]
History
The manuscript was damaged by fire and water.[3] It once belonged to Henry Benzil, Archbishop of Uppsala († 1758), then to Laurence Benzelstierna, Bishop of Arosen.[2] It was described by C. Aurivill (1802),[4] collated by G. T. Pappelbaum (1815).[5] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Chis. R IV 6 (gr. 6) in Rome.[1]
See also
References
- 1. Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 71. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 186.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 235.
- 4. Car. Aurivill, Recensio codd MSS ab Benz in oriente collectorum, Upsala 1802, p. 15.
- 5. Geo. Thph. Pappelbaum, Cod ms Gr u. s. w. (Berlin 1815).
- 6. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 225.
