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Lectionary 281

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Text
  
Evangelistarium

Now at
  
University of Bologna

Type
  
Byzantine text-type

Script
  
Greek language

Date
  
14th century

Size
  
34.5 cm by 24.5 cm

Note
  
illuminated

Lectionary 281, designated by siglum 281 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. Scrivener labelled it as 160e.

Contents

The manuscript has complex contents.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium).

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 236 parchment leaves (34.5 cm by 24.5 cm), in two columns per page, 27 (and more) lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.

It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 8:3-11).

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 14th century.

The manuscript was written one Anthimus.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 160e) and Gregory (number 281e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

The codex is housed at the University of Bologna (3638) in Bologna.

References

Lectionary 281 Wikipedia