Minuscule 399
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 399 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε94 (von Soden)), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 9th or 10th century.
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Description
The codex contains text of the Gospels: John, Luke, and Matthew, on 214 parchment leaves (17.3 cm by 11.6 cm). Written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> Text is written in blach, initial letters in red ink. It contains prolegomena, lists of κεφαλαια, Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, and commentary.
Texts of John 5:3.4 and John 7:53-8:11 marked by an obelus.<ref name = Gregory/> The order of Gospels is the same as in codex 90.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
Its text is close to the textual family K1.
History
The manuscript was written by Prochorus, a scribe.<ref name = Gregory/> It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). The manuscript is currently housed at the National Library of Russia (Gr. 220) in Saint Petersburg.<ref name = Aland/>
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Further reading
- Kurt Treu, Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan, T & U 90 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 88–90.
