Minuscule 340 Explained

Minuscule 340 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 416 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.^[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 243 parchment leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 21-22 lines per page.^[2] It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel. It has a lot of later corrections.^[3]

The text of the original codex was not divided, it was divided by a later hand. There are two systems of division. The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.^[3]

The later hand marked church lessons at the beginning by incipits, for liturgical use.^{[3] [4]}

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.^[5] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[6]

History

The manuscript was examined by Pasino, Scholz, and Burgon. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Turin National University Library (B. VII. 16) in Turin.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Giuseppe Passino, Codices Manuscripti Bibliohecae Regii Taurinensis Athenaei, Turin 1742, vol. 2.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory

   . Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 60.

2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland

   . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 67 . 3-11-011986-2 .

3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

   . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 180 .

4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

   . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 231 .

5. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

6. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 59 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

   . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . 1894 . London . 1 . 225 .