Name Cod. Berolinensis Script Greek Size 12.4 cm by 9.4 cm | Date 12th century Now at Vatican Library | |
Text Matthew, Acts, Cath., Paul | ||
Minuscule 400 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 50 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 12:29-13:2, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 249 parchment leaves (12.4 cm by 9.4 cm) with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-23:27). The text is written in one column per page, in 14-15 lines per page.
It contains the Euthalian Apparatus.
Acts, 1:11-2:11; Romans 1:1-27; 1 Corinthians 14:12-15:46; 2 Corinthians 1:1-8; 5:4-19; 1 Timothy 4:1-Hebrews 1:9.
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
History
The manuscript was damaged by fire and water. It once belonged to Henry Benzil, Archbishop of Uppsala († 1758), then to Laurence Benzelstierna, Bishop of Arosen. It was described by C. Aurivill (1802), collated by G. T. Pappelbaum (1815). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Chis. R IV 6 (gr. 6) in Rome.