Minuscule 313 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), N^λ46 ( Soden), is a Greek

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of the

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, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke), or simply Luke (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volu ...

1:1-12:16 on 460 paper leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 28-32 lines per page. The biblical text is surrounded by a

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. It was not examined by the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classif ...

History

The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal Mazarin (like codex 14,

311 311 may refer to: * 311 (number), a natural number * AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD * 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar * 311 (band), an American band ** ''311'' (album), band 311's self-titled album ...

324 __NOTOC__ Year 324 ( CCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Constantinus (or, less frequently, year 10 ...

). It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). It was examined and described by

Paulin Martin Jean-Pierre-Paulin MartinSometimes referred to as Jean P.P. Martin. (20 July 1840 at Lacam-d'Ourcet, Lot – 14 January 1890 at Amélie-les-Bains, Pyrénées-Orientales), often referred to as Abbé Paulin Martin, or simply Abbé Martin or Pau ...

. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au N. Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 83

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saw the manuscript in 1885. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Gr. 208) at

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