Lectionary 290

New Testament manuscripts
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Lectionary ℓ 290
Text Evangelistarium †
Date 14th century
Script Greek
Now at Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Size 26.3 cm by 18.2 cm
Type Byzantine text-type

Lectionary 290, designated by siglum ℓ 290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it as 169e.[3]

Some leaves of the manuscript were lost.

Contents

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), on 198 paper leaves (26.3 cm by 18.2 cm), with some lacunae.[4] It contains also several lessons from the Epistles on the leaves 190-193.[4] The leaves of the codex are in disorder.[3]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[1][4] The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.[1]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th or 15th century.[3][4] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 14th century.[1][2]

It was bought in 1858 for the library.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 169e) and Gregory (number 290e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

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

Currently the codex is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (A. 150 sup.) 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 3110119862. 
  2. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  3. ^ a b c 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 f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 412. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n425/mode/2up. 
  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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