Lectionary 309 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum 309 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Lectionary 309
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium †
Date10th century
ScriptGreek
Found1876
Now atCambridge University Library
Size27.5 cm by 20 cm
TypeByzantine text-type

Description edit

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospels (Evangelistarium), on 8 parchment leaves, with some lacunae. The leaves are measured (27.5 cm by 20 cm).[1] It has musical notes. Many leaves at the end and some leaves inside were lost[2]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[3][4][1]

The codex contains lessons, which were red from eleventh Sunday (Luke 14:20) to Sunday of the Publican (Luke 18:14).[2]

History edit

Gregory and Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 10th century.[1] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 10th century.[3][4]

It belonged to the Tischendorf's collection. It was bought from Tischendorf's family for the university in 1876.[1]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (295e)[2] and Caspar René Gregory (number 309e).[1] It was examined by Hort. Gregory saw it in 1883.[1]

Currently the codex is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. Mss. 1879.2) in the Cambridge.[3][4]

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 414.
  2. ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 349.
  3. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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