Minuscule 406 Explained

Minuscule 406 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 130 (in Soden's numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.^[2] It contains marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 297 parchment leaves with some lacunae (Mark 4:41-5:14; Luke 3:16-4:4; John 20:3-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, in 18 lines per page.^[2]

The text is divided according to numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but it does not contain references to the Eusebian Canons.

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel. Lectionary markings were added at the margin by a later hand.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Caesarean text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the Ι^α. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.^[4]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.^[5]

History

Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated portions of the manuscript for Scholz (1794-1852).^[6] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I. 11) in Venice.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• J. Neville Birdsall, "406, A Neglected Witness to the Caesarean Text", in Studia evangelica, ed. K. Aland, F. L. Cross et al., T & U 73 (Berlin, 1959), pp. 732–736.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 62.
2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 71 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 187 .
4. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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 . 132, 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
5. 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 . 60 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 236 .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .