Minuscule 325 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 111 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Formerly it was labelled by 30^a, 36^p, and 9^r. It has

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Description

The codex contains the text of the

(except Gospels) on 233 parchment leaves () with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page. It begins with text of Acts 15:19, but the text from Acts 15:19 to 2 John was supplied in the 13th century. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, some numerals of the (''chapters'') are given at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of . It has numerous notes. The order of books:

Acts 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 message ...

, 3 John, Jude, Jude,

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, and the

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 ...

(as in 175, 336).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V.

History

Robert Huntington Robert Huntington (1637–1701) was an English churchman, orientalist and manuscript collector. He was Provost of Trinity College Dublin and Bishop of Raphoe. Life He was second son of the Rev. Robert Huntington, curate of Deerhurst in Gloucest ...

brought this manuscript from the East to England (along with

minuscule 67 Minuscule 67 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 150 ( von Soden), known as ''Codex Galei Londinensis'', is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The ...

). It was used by John Mill (Hunt 1). C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883. Formerly it was labelled by 30^a, 36^p, and 9^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 325 to it. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Auct. E. 5. 9) at

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