Minuscule 308

{{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Minuscule | number = '''308''' | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Paul, Acts † | script = Greek | date = 14th century | found = | now at = British Library | cite = | size = {{×|21|18}} | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note = in bad condition }}

'''Minuscule 308''' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 456 (Soden),<ref name = Gregory1908>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n69/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=59}}</ref> is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 65 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}</ref> Formerly it was labelled by 20^a and 25^p.<ref name = Gregory/>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 145 paper leaves ({{×|21|18}}) with numerous lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 22-23 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/>

It contains Prolegomena to the Catholic epistles and subscriptions at the end of each sacred book.<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 264 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n277/mode/2up }}</ref> The manuscript has survived in bad condition and almost illegible in some parts.<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 285 }}</ref> The Pauline epistles precede the Acts and Catholic epistles.<ref name = Scrivener/>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n160 138] | url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt | url-access = limited | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>

== History ==

The manuscript was examined by Wettstein and Casley. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.<ref name = Gregory/>

Formerly it was labelled by 20^a and 25^p. Gregory in 1908 gave number 308 for it.<ref name = Gregory1908/>

The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Royal MS 1 B. I) in London.<ref name = Aland/>

== See also ==

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

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 264 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n277/mode/2up }}

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