Minuscule 325 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 111 ( Soden), is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Formerly it was labelled by 30^a, 36^p, and 9^r. It has

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Description

The codex contains the text of the

(except Gospels) on 233 parchment leaves () with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page. It begins with text of Acts 15:19, but the text from Acts 15:19 to 2 John was supplied in the 13th century. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, some numerals of the (''chapters'') are given at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of . It has numerous notes. The order of books: Acts, 3 John, Jude, Jude,

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, and the Pauline epistles (as in 175, 336).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V.

History

Robert Huntington brought this manuscript from the East to England (along with minuscule 67). It was used by John Mill (Hunt 1). C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883. Formerly it was labelled by 30^a, 36^p, and 9^r. In 1908 Gregory gave it the number 325. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(MS. Auct.E.5.9) at

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