Lectionary 289

Lectionary ℓ 289
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium †
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Ambrosiana
Size32.6 cm by 25.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type

Lectionary 289, designated by siglum ℓ 289 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[1][2] Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener labelled it as 168e.[3]

Some leaves of the manuscript were lost.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the gospels of Matthew and Luke (Evangelistarium), on 156 parchment leaves (32.6 cm by 25.5 cm), with some lacunae.[4] Lessons from the Gospel of John and major part of Menology were lost.[4]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 27-28 lines per page.[1][4] The manuscript contains weekday gospel lessons.[1]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[3][4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) to the 14th century.[1][2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 168e) and Gregory (number 289e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

The codex is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (C. 160 inf.) in Milan.[1][2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 236. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  3. ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 338.
  4. ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 412.
  5. ^ The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

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