Lectionary 297
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Lectionary 297 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 297 (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 is lacunose.
Description
The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium),{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | page = 412 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n425/mode/2up | isbn = | last = Aland | first = Kurt | authorlink = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 237 | url = | isbn = 3-11-011986-2
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 23 lines per page.
The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.
History
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 13th century.
Edward Everett, an American educator (who later gained fame as a politician, diplomat, and orator), bought the manuscript in 1819, during his first visit in Greece,
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Caspar René Gregory (number 297e). Scrivener catalogued this manuscript as 484e on his list.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | edition = 4th | year = 1894 | location = London | page = 357 | url = https://archive.org/stream/aplainintroducti00scriuoft#page/356/mode/2up | isbn =
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
Currently the codex is housed at the Houghton Library (fMS Gr 7 vol.1) in the Harvard University.
Bibliography
- Josiah Quincy, The History of Harvard University, II. Cambridge: J. Owen, 1840, p. 588.
- {{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | page = 412 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n425/mode/2up | isbn =
- K. Clark, *Descriptive catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts in America *(1937), pp. 110-112.
References
- "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.
- "Lectionary of the Gospels in Greek : manuscript (ca. 1050-ca. 1100)". [[Harvard University Library]].
- Quincy, Josiah. (1840). "The history of Harvard university, Volume 2". J. Owen.
- ''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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