Minuscule 840 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε427 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript is lacunose.

Minuscule 840
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of Luke
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atUniversity of Messina
Size26.7 cm by 20 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
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Description

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The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke (1:51-22:46), on 125 paper leaves (size 26.7 cm by 20 cm).[3][4] The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[3][5] It contains a commentary.[4]

There are τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[6]

Text

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category V.[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[8]

History

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Scrivener[6] and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (631e)[6] and Gregory (840e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the University of Messina (Libr. 100), in Messina.[3][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 266.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 76.
  3. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 96. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 226.
  5. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (fourth ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 264.
  7. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 67. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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