Minuscule 407

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| form = Minuscule

| number = 407

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| text = Luke 5:30-John 9:2

| 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

  • {{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

}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0407}}

Category:Greek New Testament minuscules

Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts