Minuscule 401 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 236 (in the
Soden numbering),
is a
Greek
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It has
marginalia.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four
Gospel
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s on 113 parchment leaves () with some
lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.
; Contents
John 1:1-12:1; Mark 6:1-16:20; Matthew, Luke.
The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller
Ammonian Sections, but without references to the
Eusebian Canons
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.
[
It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, numbers of Verses were added by a later hand.
]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type
In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fo ...
. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method
The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classi ...
it has mixed text in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it has a mixture of the Byzantine text-types and creates a pair with 1013 (in Luke 10 and Luke 20).
The text of the Pericope Adulterae
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the ) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53– 8:11 of the New Testament. It has been the subject of much scholarly discussion.
In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Second Temple after com ...
(John 7:53-8:11) is omitted.[
]
History
It was dated to the 11th or 12th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).]
Scholz described it in ''Biblisch-kritische Reise'' (p. 135). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[
The manuscript is currently housed at the ]Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III
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(Ms. II. A. 3) in Naples
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.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory-Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (2001– ...
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed books. Such texts may range in da ...
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts