Minuscule 307 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A^πρ11 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. It has marginalia. Aland's III Category.

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 ...

and

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on 254 parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, and subscriptions at the end of each sacred book, with numbers of stichoi.

Text

The Greek text of the codex Aland placed it in Category III. Aland's Profile in Acts: 35¹ 20^1/2 32² 19^S; in Cath: 62¹ 8^1/2 17² 15^S. In Acts 8:39 instead of πνεῦμα κυρίου (''spirit of the Lord'') it has unusual textual variant (''the Holy Spirit fell on the eunuch, and an angel of the Lord caught up Philip'') supported by

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

and several minuscule manuscripts: 94, 103,

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, 323, 385,

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, 467, 945, 1739, 1765, 1891, 2298, 36^a, it^p, vg, syr^h. In Acts 18:17 it reads παντες οι Ιουδαιοι for παντες; the reading is supported by

minuscule 431 Minuscule 431 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 268 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It has marginalia. It is known a ...

. In Acts 12:18 it reads μεγας for ουκ ολιγος, the reading is supported by 94, 431, 1175, 2818, cop^sa, arm.

History

The manuscript was examined by Montfaucon,

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, and

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. It was examined and described by

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. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 108 C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885. Formerly it was designated by 15^a. In 1908 Gregory gave number 307 for it. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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, Gr. 25) at

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Minuscule 307
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0307 Greek New Testament minuscules 10th-century biblical manuscripts Fonds Coislin

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