Minuscule 325 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 111 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 30a, 36p, and 9r. It has marginalia.

Minuscule 325
New Testament manuscript
TextNew Testament (except Gospels)
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBodleian Library
Size28 cm by 18.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemarginalia

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 233 parchment leaves (28 cm by 18.5 cm) with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2] It begins with text of Acts 15:19, but the text from Acts 15:19 to 2 John was supplied in the 13th century.[3]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, some numerals of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of στιχοι. It has numerous notes.[3]

The order of books: Acts, 3 John, Jude, Jude, Apocalypse, and the Pauline epistles (as in 175, 336).[4]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

History edit

Robert Huntington brought this manuscript from the East to England (along with minuscule 67).[4] It was used by John Mill (Hunt 1). C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[3]

Formerly it was labelled by 30a, 36p, and 9r. In 1908 Gregory gave it the number 325.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Auct.E.5.9) at Oxford.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 59.
  2. ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 66. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 266.
  4. ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 287.
  5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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