Lectionary 268

Lectionary ℓ 268

New Testament manuscript
Name	Nanianus
Text	Evangelistarium
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Marciana
Size	26.5 cm by 20.5 cm
Note	apocryphal material

Lectionary 268, designated by siglum ℓ 268 (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 174^e,[3] Gregory by 268^e.[4] The manuscript has complex contents.[1] Formerly it was known as Nanianus 169.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium).[4] It contains some lessons from the Old Testament. Some apocryphal material about Joseph the spouse Maria's was added by a later hand.[4]

The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, on 281 parchment leaves (26.5 cm by 20.5 cm), in two columns per page, 20 lines per page.[1]

The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons 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 is presently assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.[1][2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 174^e) and Gregory (number 268^e). 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 Marciana (Gr. I.48 (1199)) in Venice.[1][2]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Notes and references

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. 235. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Handschriftenliste at the INTF
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. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 410.
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.

Bibliography

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 410.