Minuscule 407
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 407
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| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
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| now at = Biblioteca Marciana
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| size = {{×|15|13|cm}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
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| note = marginalia
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Minuscule 407 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 320 (in Soden's numbering),Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 175{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n73/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=63}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack
| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| year = 1994
| location = Berlin, New York
| page = 71
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
It contains marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke 5:30-Gospel of John 9:2 on 87 parchment leaves ({{×|15|13|cm}}). The text is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, but references to the Eusebian Canons are absent.
It contains tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each Gospel, a few lectionary markings in some places at the margin, subscriptions at the end of Luke, numbers of stichoi, numbers of Verses, and pictures.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 187
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n199/mode/2up
}}
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 its text is defective.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/60 60]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/60
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with an obelus.
History
Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated portions of the manuscript for Scholz (1794-1852).{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| volume = 1
| page = 236
}} The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| year = 1894
| location = London
| volume = 1
| page = 225
}}
C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I. 12) in Venice.
See also
References
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Further reading
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| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 187
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n199/mode/2up
}}
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