Text Evangelistarium † Type Byzantine text-type | Date 13th century Size 29 cm by 23.5 cm | |
Lectionary 288, designated by siglum ℓ 288 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it as 167e.
Contents
Only several leaves of the manuscript were lost.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), on 124 parchment leaves (29 cm by 23.5 cm), with some lacunae at the beginning and end. The leaves 1-9, 104-123 were supplied on paper in the 16th century.
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 24 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 13th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 167e) and Gregory (number 288e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
Currently the codex is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (A. 150 sup.) in Milan.