Lectionary 235, designated by

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ℓ ''235'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Some leaves of the codex were lost. It is labelled 228^evl in

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's list of manuscripts.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the

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s of

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(''Evangelistarium''), with some lacunae at the beginning and end. Two leaves were supplied by a later hand on paper. It begins at the lesson for the third day of the second week (John 3:19) and ends at Mark 6:19, in the lesson for August 29. It contains musical notes in red. It is written in Greek

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letters, on 143 parchment leaves (). The writing is in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.''Handschriftenliste''
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History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 12th century,

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to the 13th century. It has been assigned by the

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to the 13th century. The manuscript was in the possession of Edward Payne (as number 3), who presented it for the

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(along with manuscripts 559 and ℓ 234). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 228) and Gregory (number 235). Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript was examined by Steenbuch. The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3, UBS4''The Greek New Testament'', ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 4th revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21, .). The codex is housed at the

(Arc L 40.2/G 2) in

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Notes and references

Bibliography

* C. Steenbuch, ''Evst. 235 (Scrivener: 228)'', '' JTS'' XVI (1915), 555-558 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0235 Greek New Testament lectionaries 13th-century biblical manuscripts

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