Minuscule 319

Minuscule 319

New Testament manuscript

The first page of James (folio 85 recto)
Text Acts, Paul
Date 12th century
Script Greek
Now at Christ's College, Cambridge
Size 22.5 cm by 15 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category V

Minuscule 319 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 256 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 24a and 29p.[3][4]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 303 parchment leaves (22.5 cm by 15 cm) with lacunae (Acts 1:1-11; 18:20-20:14; James 5:14—1 Peter 1:4). Some other lacunae were supplied by modern hand. [3] Some leaves of this manuscript are torn and decayed. There are also many changes by a later hand.[4]

The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 22 lines per page.[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

History

Thomas Gale collated the manuscript for Mill (Cant. 2). It was examined Bentley, and John Wigley. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[3] Formerly it was labelled by 24a and 29p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 319 to it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Christ's College, Cambridge (GG. 1.9 (Ms. 9)) at Cambridge.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 59.
  2. 1 2 3 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 66. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 265.
  4. 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 286.
  5. 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. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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