Lectionary 296 (Gregory-Aland), designated by

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ℓ ''296'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is very lacunose.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the

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, and

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(''Evangelistarium''). Only 6 parchment leaves of the codex have survived. Actually the codex contains lessons with texts of Matthew 4:25—5:13.36—45; John 14:27—15:3; 16:18—33; 17:1—13.18. The leaves are measured (). The text is written in Greek

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letters, in two columns per page, 20 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.''Handschriftenliste''
at the ''INTF'' It contains music notes. The initial letters are decorated. The style of handwriting of this codex bears a striking general resemblance to that of three Gospel manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries:

Codex Cyprius Codex Cyprius, designated by K or 017 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament Manuscripts), ε71 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or Codex Colbertinus 5149, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, wr ...

Lectionary 3 Lectionary 3, designated siglum ℓ ''3'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on vellum. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'' ...

, and ℓ ''1599''.William Hatch, ''A redating of two important uncial manuscripts of the Gospels – Codex Zacynthius and Codex Cyprius'', in: Quantulacumque (1937), p. 338

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 9th or 10th century. It is presently assigned by the

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to the 10th century.

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, an American educator (who later became famous as a politician, diplomat, and orator), bought the manuscript in 1819 during his first visit in Greece, along with six other manuscripts ( Lectionary 172, Lectionary 297, Lectionary 298). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by

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(number 296^e).

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classified this manuscript as 483^e. The manuscript was examined by Edward A. Guy, who designated it by siglum I^h). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1878. The text of the manuscript was fully collated by

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. The manuscript was examined by Clark and William Hatch, who gave facsimile of one page of the codex. The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).''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. Currently the codex is housed at the ''

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'' (MS Gr 6) in the

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Notes and references

Bibliography

* E. Everett, ''An account of some Greek Manuscripts, procured at Constantinople in 1819 and now belonging to the Library of the University at Cambridge'', Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 4 (1820), pp. 413-414. * * K. Clark, ''Descriptive catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts in America ''(1937), pp. 107-109.

External links

Library catalogue
Harvard.edu {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0296 Greek New Testament lectionaries 10th-century biblical manuscripts

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