Lectionary_266

Lectionary 266

Lectionary 266

New Testament manuscript

Lectionary 266, designated by siglum ℓ 266 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it as 172e,[3] Gregory by 158e.[4] The manuscript is lacunose.[1]

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Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), with two lacunae at the beginning and end.[4]

The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, on 50 parchment leaves (25.8 cm by 19.7 cm), in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[1] The initial letters are rubricated, it contains musical notes (in red).[3]

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 12th century.[4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 12th century.[1][2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 172e) and Gregory (number 266e). 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 Marciana (Gr. I.46 (1435)) in Venice.[1][2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 234. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. [2]
    Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  3. [3]
    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. 339.
  4. [4]
    Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 409.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. [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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