Lectionary 263

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Lectionary 263
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque municipale de Besançon
Size26.4 cm by 20 cm
Notemusical notes

Lectionary 263, designated by

siglum 263 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[1][2]
Scrivener labelled it as 193e,[3] Gregory by 158e.[4] The manuscript has complex contents.[1]

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 210 parchment leaves (26.4 cm by 20 cm), in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[1] The initial letters are rubricated; it contains musical notes.[3]

The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.[1]

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 12th century.[1][2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 193e) and Gregory (number 263e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

The codex is housed at the Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon (Ms. 45) in Besançon.[1][2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  3. ^ a b 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. 340.
  4. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 409.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

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