Minuscule 406 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 130 (in Soden's numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It contains

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Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 297 parchment leaves () with some lacunae (Mark 4:41-5:14; Luke 3:16-4:4; John 20:3-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, in 18 lines per page. The text is divided according to numbers of the (''chapters'') at the margin, the (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but it does not contain references to the

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. It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel. Lectionary markings were added at the margin by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

Caesarean text-type In textual criticism of the New Testament, Caesarean text-type is the term proposed by certain scholars to denote a consistent pattern of variant readings that is claimed to be apparent in certain Koine Greek manuscripts of the four Gospels, but ...

Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

classified it to the Ι^α.

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

the Greek text of the codex did not place in any

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. According to the

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it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated portions of the manuscript for

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(1794-1852). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.

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saw it in 1886. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Gr. I. 11) in

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