Minuscule 309

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Minuscule 309 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 351 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 14th century.[1] Formerly it was labeled by 21a and 26p.[2]

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Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 159 paper leaves (16.4 cm by 13.4 cm) with numerous lacunae (Acts 1:1-12:2; 14:22-15:10; Romans 11:22-33; 15:14-16.24-26; 16:4-20; 1 Cor 1:15-3:12; 2 Tim 1:1-2:4; Tit 1:9-2:15; Philemon 3-25; all Hebrews). Written in one column per page, in 22-25 lines per page.[1] It contains Prolegomena to the Pauline epistles only, lectionary markings, and subscriptions.[2][3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]

History

In the 14th century the manuscript belonged to Kosmas, a monk.[2] It was brought to England from the East by John Luke, professor of Arabic in Cambridge.[2] It was examined by Wettstein. John Berriman, one of the former owners of the manuscript, presented it in 1761 to the British Museum.[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Dd. 11.90) at Cambridge.[1]

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