Minuscule 401
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Neapolit. |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels † |
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III |
| Size | 20.5 cm by 9.4 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 401 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 401 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 236 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 12th century.[2] The manuscript has complex contents and marginal notes.
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the text of the New Testament Gospels on 113 parchment leaves (sized 20.5 cm by 9.4 cm),[3] with many missing sections.[3][4] The text is written in one column per page, with 23 lines per page.[2]
- Contents
- John 1:1-9:5 (missing 9:6-21:25)
- Matthew 10:37-42; 11:1-18; 12:11-14:25 (missing 1:1-10:36; 11:19-12:10; 14:26-28:20)
- Mark 1:40-16:20
- Luke 1:1-24:53[5]
The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) at the top of the pages.[3][6] There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without reference to the Eusebian Canons (both early divisons of the Gospels into sections.).[3][6]
As the beiginning of all the other Gospels are missing, only one table of contents (also known as κεφαλαια) is present before the Gospel of Luke.[5] Verse totals were added by a later hand.[6]
Text
The Greek text is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[7] Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."[7]: 336
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it has a mixed text in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it has a mixture of the Byzantine text-type, and creates a pair with minuscule 1013.[8] The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is omitted.[3][5]
History
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by biblical scholar Johann M. A. Scholz (1794–1852).[3][6] Scholz described it in Biblisch-kritische Reise (p. 135).[3] Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It was dated to the 11th or 12th century.[3] It is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[2][4] The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (shelf number Ms. II. A. 3) in Naples.[2][4]
See also
References
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 62.
- 1 2 3 4 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek manuscripts of the new Testament] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 71. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 186.
- 1 2 3 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 401". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- 1 2 3 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 401 Workspace". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- 1 2 3 4 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 235.
- 1 2 Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 60. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 186.