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.
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke (1:51-22:46), on 125 paper leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[3] [4] It contains a commentary.[5]
There are Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[6]
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]
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.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (631e)[6] and Gregory (840e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the University of Messina (Libr. 100), in Messina.[3] [4]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 226 .
. Hermann, Freiherr von Soden. Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. 1. 1902. Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Berlin. 266.
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 76.
. Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 96 . 3-11-011986-2 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 226 .
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . fourth . London . 1 . 264 .
. 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 . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.