Lectionary 264
New Testament manuscript
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Lectionary 264, designated by siglum ℓ 264 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1381.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it as 170e,[3] Gregory by 158e.[4] The manuscript has complex contents.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarium |
|---|---|
| Date | 1318 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Marciana |
| Size | 21.5 cm by 14.5 cm |
| Hand | barbarously written |
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium).[4]
The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, on 209 paper leaves (21.5 cm by 14.5 cm), in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[1] According to Scrivener it is rather barbarously written.[3]
The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.[1]
History
According to the colophon it was written 1381 by Presbyter John.[4]
The colophon stated:
ει και ασφαλματα ευρηται εν τη βιβλω ταυτην, του αγιου και πανσεπτος ευαγγελιου ευχεστε δηα τον κν και μη καρασθε ωτι ουδης διναται, γραφη ανευ βορβωρου και σσωλωι κεισμου ωτι και ο γραφων παραγραφει εγραφη δε το παρον και αγιον ευαγγελιων διαχιρος ιωαννου ιερεις΄εμνηνη διδαιμβριω εις την ια επι ετους ςωπ.
It has also note "Gallicio 1624".[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 170e) and Gregory (number 264e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4] It was described by Carlo Castellani.
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
Currently the codex is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I.4 (1396)) in Venedig.[1][2]
