title: Minuscule 319
text: # Minuscule 319
  
  Minuscule 319 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 256 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Formerly it was labelled by $24^a$ and $29^p.$
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 303 parchment leaves (22.5 cm by 15 cm) 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. Some leaves of this manuscript are torn and decayed. There are also many changes by a later hand.
  
  The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 22 lines per page.
  
  ## Text
  
  The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
  
  ## History
  
  Thomas Gale collated the manuscript for Mill (Cant. 2). It was examined Bentley, and John Wigley. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. Formerly it was labelled by $24^a$ and $29^p.$ In 1908 Gregory gave the number 319 to it.
  
  The manuscript is currently housed at the Christ's College, Cambridge (GG. 1.9 (Ms. 9)) at Cambridge.
  
  