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Minuscule 440, δ 260, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The marginal equipment is almost complete.

Description
The codex contains a complete text of the New Testament except Book of Revelation on 294 parchment leaves () with only one lacunae. It is written in one column per page, in 28-30 lines per page. The Synaxarion, Menologion were added by a later hand. The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. == Text ==
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of text-types. In Book of Acts it is a representative of the Western text-type. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 it has a mixture of Byzantine families. It has some relationship to Π groups. It has some unique readings. == History ==
History
The manuscript once belonged to Bishop Moore (together with the codex 60), who gave it in 1715 to the library. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It is currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Mm. 6.9) in Cambridge. == See also ==
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