Minuscule 307 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Aπρ11 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, 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 and Catholic epistles 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: 351 201/2 322 19S; in Cath: 621 81/2 172 15S.
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 and several minuscule manuscripts: 94, 103, 322, 323, 385, 453, 467, 945, 1739, 1765, 1891, 2298, 36a, itp, vg, syrh.Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, p. 345; Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), p. 316.
In Acts 18:17 it reads παντες οι Ιουδαιοι for παντες; the reading is supported by minuscule 431.UBS3, p. 489
In Acts 12:18 it reads μεγας for ουκ ολιγος, the reading is supported by 94, 431, 1175, 2818, copsa, arm.UBS3, p. 463.
History
The manuscript was examined by Montfaucon, Wettstein, and Cramer. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.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 15a. In 1908 Gregory gave number 307 for it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Fonds Coislin, Gr. 25) at Paris.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
Further reading
J. A. Cramer, Catenae, Oxford, vol 3 (1838), pp. IV-XI, 425–451.
External links
Minuscule 307 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism