Minuscule 408
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospels |
---|---|
Date | 12th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Biblioteca Marciana |
Size | 23 cm by 20 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 408 (in the
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 261 parchment leaves (23 cm by 20 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[2] Text of Matthew 1:1-13 was added by a later hand.[3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of stichoi, and pictures.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[4]
History
Formerly the manuscript was held in the Chrysostomus monastery, near Jordan, as stated in a note of the original scribe.[3] Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated portions of the manuscript for Scholz (1794–1852).[6] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[7]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I. 14) in Venice.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 63.
- ^ ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 187.
- ^ ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ 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. 236.
- ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London. p. 225.
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Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 187.