Minuscule 400

Minuscule 400
New Testament manuscript
NameCod. Berolinensis
TextMatthew, Acts, Cath., Paul
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size12.4 cm by 9.4 cm
Categorynone

Minuscule 400 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, made of parchment. It is designated by the siglum 400 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and δ 50 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 12th century.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the text of the Gospel of Matthew 12:29-13:2, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 249 parchment leaves (sized 12.4 cm by 9.4 cm) with some missing portions. The text is written in one column per page, in 14-15 lines per page. It contains the Euthalian Apparatus.

Missing sections

Text

The Greek text of the manuscript is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category of his New Testament manuscript classification system.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was damaged by fire and water at an unknown date. It once belonged to Henry Benzil, Archbishop of Uppsala († 1758), then to Laurence Benzelstierna, Bishop of Arosen. It was described by C. Aurivill (1802), and collated by G. T. Pappelbaum (1815). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by textual critic Johann M. A. Scholz (1794–1852).: 225 

Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1887. The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (shelf number Chis. R IV 6 (gr. 6) in Rome.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 62.
  2. 1 2 3 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 71. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes [Textual Criticism of the New Testament] (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 18.
  4. ↑ 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. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. 1 2 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. 235.
  6. ↑ Aurivilius, Carolus (1802). Recensio Codicum Manuscriptorum, ab Henrico Benzelio, Archiepiscopo Upsaliensi, in Oriente collectorum, quos, Ejus post fata, in Bibliotheca sua instructissima servabat Laurentius Benzelstjerna, Episcopus olim Arosiensis [A Catalogue of Manuscripts collected in the East by Henricus Benzelius, Archbishop of Uppsala—which, following his death, were preserved by Laurentius Benzelstjerna, formerly Bishop of Västerås, in his own extensive library.]. Upsalia: Edman. p. 15.
  7. ↑ Pappelbaum, Georg Gottlieb (1815). Codicem manuscriptum graecum, apostolorum acta et epistolas continentem Berolini in Bibliotheca viri generosissimi H. F. de Diez, potentisimo regi Borusorum a consiliis intimis et legationibus, asservatum descripsit, contulit, animadversiones adjecit G. G. P. [Description and collation of a Greek manuscript—containing the Acts and Epistles of the Apostles, preserved in Berlin in the library of the highly distinguished H. F. de Diez (a privy councillor and diplomat to the most powerful King of Prussia)— with observations added by G. G. P.]. Berlin: Maureal bookstore.
  8. ↑ "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 400". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-05-11.