Lectionary 305

Lectionary ℓ 305
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium †
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Found1876
Now atCambridge University Library
Size25.5 cm by 20.8 cm
TypeByzantine text-type

Lectionary 305 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 305 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospels (Evangelistarium), on 171 parchment leaves, with some lacunae. The leaves are measured (25.5 cm by 20.8 cm).[1] It begins at Matthew 7:10.[2]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 18 lines per page. The manuscript contains Gospel lessons for selected days only.[3][4]

The initial letters are in red.[2]

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[1] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) to the 12th century.[3][4]

F. S. Ellis bought it 1870.[1]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener[2] (291e) and Caspar René Gregory (number 305e).[1] It was examined by Hort. Gregory saw it in 1883.[1]

The codex is housed at the Cambridge University Library (MS Add.679.2) in Cambridge.[3][4]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 413.
  2. ^ 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. 348.
  3. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the INTF

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