Minuscule 840

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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
Note

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.

Description[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

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References[edit]

  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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