Lectionary 287
New Testament manuscript
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Lectionary 287, designated by siglum ℓ 287 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[1][2] Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener labelled it as 166e.[3]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarium |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Ambrosiana |
| Size | 29 cm by 21 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), on 201 parchment leaves (29 cm by 21 cm), with some lacunae.[4]
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 29 lines per page.[1][4] The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.[1]
It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 8:3-11).[4]
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[3][4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 13th century.[1][2]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 166e) and Gregory (number 287e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
The codex is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (D. 108 sup., fol. 3–203) in Milan. The leaves 1–2,204 of the same codex are classified as lectionary 2352 (Gregory-Aland).[1][2]
