Lectionary 305

Lectionary 305 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 305 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Lectionary ℓ 305

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Text	Evangelistarium †
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Found	1876
Now at	Cambridge University Library
Size	25.5 cm by 20.8 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospels (Evangelistarium), on 171 parchment leaves, with some lacunae. The leaves are measured (25.5 cm by 20.8 cm).[1] It begins in Matthew 7:10.[2]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 18 lines per page. The manuscript contains Gospel lessons for selected days only.[3][4]

The initial letters in red.[2]

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[1] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) to the 12th century.[3][4]

F. S. Ellis bought it 1870.[1]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener[2] (291^e) and Caspar René Gregory (number 305^e).[1] It was examined by Hort. Gregory saw it in 1883.[1]

The codex is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. Mss. 679.2) in Cambridge.[3][4]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Lectionary 176

Notes and references

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 413.
2. 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. 348.
3. 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. Handschriftenliste at the INTF

Bibliography

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 413.