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Lectionary 297 (Gregory-Aland), designated by
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ℓ ''297'' (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 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.


Description

The original codex contained lessons from the
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, and
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(''Evangelistarium''), on 230 parchment leaves, with some lacunae. The leaves are measured (). It contains
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on folios 171-320, accompanied by Apostolarion (lessons from Book of Acts and Epistles). The text is written in Greek
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letters, in two columns per page, 23 lines per page. It contains breathings and accents. The ink is brown. There are a few headpieces and decorated initial letters. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from
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and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.


History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. It is presently assigned by the
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to the 13th century.
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, an American educator (who later gained fame as a politician, diplomat, and orator), bought the manuscript in 1819, during his first visit in Greece, along with six other Greek manuscripts. Everett used every opportunity of searching for Greek manuscripts. He brought the manuscript to America. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by
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(number 297e).
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catalogued this manuscript as 484e on his list. The manuscript was examined by Edward A. Guy, who designated it by siglum 2h (
Lectionary 296 Lectionary 296 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ ''296'' (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek language, Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeography, Palaeographically it has b ...
received siglum 1h, Lectionary 298 – 3h). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1878. It was examined and described by
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.Herman C. Hoskier
''A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604''
London, 1890, Appendix H.
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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'' (fMS Gr 7 vol.1) in the
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.


See also

*
List of New Testament lectionaries A New Testament Lectionary is a handwritten copy of a lectionary, or book of New Testament Bible readings. Lectionaries may be written in majuscule or minuscule Greek letters, on parchment, papyrus, vellum, or paper. Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nest ...
*
Biblical manuscript A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see '' Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi- ...
*
Textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...
* Lectionary 172


Notes and references


Bibliography

* Josiah Quincy
''The History of Harvard University''
II. Cambridge: J. Owen, 1840, p. 588. * * K. Clark, ''Descriptive catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts in America ''(1937), pp. 110-112.


External links


Library catalogue
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