Minuscule 400 Explained

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]

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 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]

LacunaeActs, 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]

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

History

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

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 186 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 62.
2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 71 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 186 .
4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 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. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . 1894 . London . 1 . 225 .