Editing Minuscule 40

'''Minuscule 40''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), A<sup>155</sup> ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Von Soden]]). It is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], written on vellum. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains almost complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 312 parchment leaves (30 cm by 22 cm) with only two [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Luke 21:21-23:32; John 20:25-21:25). Written in 1 column per page (11.9 by 10.7 cm), biblical text in 18 lines per page, commentary in 48 lines per page (24.6 by 17.4 cm).<sup>[2]</sup> It contains [[Epistula ad Carpianum]], Eusebian tables, prolegomena, tabbles of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 233), [[Eusebian Canons]], and a commentary ([[Victorinus|Victor's]] in Mark).<sup>[3]</sup> 

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[4]</sup> 

== History ==

Formerly it belonged to the [[Stavronikita monastery]] on the [[Mount Athos|Athos]] (as codex [[Minuscule 34|34]]).<sup>[2]</sup> It was examined by [[Johann Jakob Wettstein|Wettstein]] and Scholz.<sup>[2]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] ([[Fonds Coislin|Coislin]] Gr. 22) at [[Paris]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 138.
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]] (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 196. 
*   4. [[Kurt Aland]], and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]], Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.

== Works ==
* Bernard de Montfaucon, ''Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana'', Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, 1715, p. 66.

== External Link ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_40 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 40]
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