Minuscule 400 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 50 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2]

Minuscule 400
New Testament manuscript
NameCod. Berolinensis
TextMatthew, Acts, Cath., Paul
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size12.4 cm by 9.4 cm
Categorynone

Description edit

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 (Matthew 1:1-23:27). The text is written in one column per page, in 14-15 lines per page.[2]

It contains the Euthalian Apparatus.[3]

Lacunae

Acts, 1:11-2:11; Romans 1:1-27; 1 Corinthians 14:12-15:46; 2 Corinthians 1:1-8; 5:4-19; 1 Timothy 4:1-Hebrews 1:9.[3]

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[4]

History edit

The manuscript was damaged by fire and water.[5] It once belonged to Henry Benzil, Archbishop of Uppsala († 1758), then to Laurence Benzelstierna, Bishop of Arosen.[3] It was described by C. Aurivill (1802),[6] collated by G. T. Pappelbaum (1815).[7] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[8]C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Chis. R IV 6 (gr. 6) in Rome.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 62.
  2. ^ a b c 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 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 186.
  4. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 235.
  6. ^ Car. Aurivill, Recensio codd MSS ab Benz in oriente collectorum, Upsala 1802, p. 15.
  7. ^ Geo. Thph. Pappelbaum, Cod ms Gr u. s. w. (Berlin 1815).
  8. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London. p. 225.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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