Minuscule 319 Explained

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 24^a and 29^p.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles 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. ^[4] Some leaves of this manuscript are torn and decayed. There are also many changes by a later hand.^[3]

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.^[4] Formerly it was labelled by 24^a and 29^p. 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

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 59.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 66 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 286 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 265 .
5. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.