Minuscule 319 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 256 (
Soden),
is a
Greek minuscule
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manuscript of the
New Testament, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
Formerly it was labelled by 24
a and 29
p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...
, Catholic epistles
The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...
, and Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...
on 303 parchment leaves () 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. [
The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 22 lines per page.][
]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
Thomas Gale collated the manuscript for Mill (Cant. 2). It was examined Bentley
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, and John Wigley. C. R. Gregory
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* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
* Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies
* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
saw it in 1883.[ Formerly it was labelled by 24a and 29p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 319 to it.][
The manuscript is currently housed at the ]Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...
(GG. 1.9 (Ms. 9)) at Cambridge.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
* F. H. A. Scrivener, ''An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis'' (Cambridge and London, 1859), pp. 64-66.
External links
Images from Minuscule 319
at the ''CSNTM''
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts