Text Evangelistarium Found 1872 Size 18.7 cm by 14.3 cm Script Greek language | Date 13th-century Now at British Library Type Byzantine text-type | |
Lectionary 340 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 340 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.
Contents
Description
The original codex contained lessons from the Book of Acts and Catholic Epistles (Apostolarium) with lacunae on 276 parchment leaves. The leaves are measured (18.7 cm by 14.3 cm).
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 26 lines per page.
The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons.
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th-century, Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th-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 (258e) and Gregory (number 340e). Gregory saw it in 1883.
Currently the codex is housed at the British Library (Harley 5561) in the London.
The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4, NA27).