Minuscule 400 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 50 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
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.
It contains the Euthalian Apparatus.
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.
Text Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
History
The manuscript was damaged by fire and water. It once belonged to Henry Benzil, Archbishop of Uppsala († 1758), then to Laurence Benzelstierna, Bishop of Arosen. It was described by C. Aurivill (1802),Car. Aurivill, Recensio codd MSS ab Benz in oriente collectorum, Upsala 1802, p. 15. collated by G. T. Pappelbaum (1815).Geo. Thph. Pappelbaum, Cod ms Gr u. s. w. (Berlin 1815). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Chis. R IV 6 (gr. 6) in Rome.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
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