Lectionary 240, designated by
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ℓ ''240'' (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek
manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
[''Handschriftenliste'']
at the ''INTF''
Scrivener labelled it by 231
evl.
The manuscript has complex contents.
Description
The codex contains 237 daily lessons for reading from
Easter
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to
Pentecost
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from the
Gospel
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s of
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
,
Matthew
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* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
* ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497
* ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
* Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...
,
Luke
People
*Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...
lectionary
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(''Evangelistarium'').
The manuscript is well preserved.[
The text is written in Greek ]minuscule
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letters, on 251 parchment leaves (), in two columns per page, 22-25 lines per page.[ The headpieces are decorated with gold; the punctuation and accents added later in red.][ It uses breathings and accents, punctuation, interrogative sign (in red); ιt contains some notes made by several later hands.
; Textual variants
The word before the bracket is the reading of the ]UBS
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edition, the word after the bracket is the reading of the manuscript. The reading of Textus Receptus
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in bold.
: Matthew 5:42 – δος ] διδου
: Matthew 5:44 – και προσευχεσθε υπερ των διωκοντων υμας ] ευλογειτε τους καταρομενους υμας καλως ποιειτε τοις μισουσιν υμας και προσευχεσθε υπερ των επηρεαζοντων υμας και διωκοντων υμας (TR reads: ευλογειτε τους καταρομενους υμας καλως ποιειτε τους μισουντας υμας και προσευχεσθε υπερ των επηρεαζοντων υμας και διωκοντων υμας)
: John 1:7 – πιστευσωσιν ] πιστευσωσι
: John 1:16 – οτι ] και
: John 1:18 – εωρακεν ] εωρακε
: John 1:18 – μονογενης θεος ] μονογενης υιος
: John 1:20 – εγω ουκ ειμι ] ουκ ειμι εγω
: John 1:21 – και λεγει ] λεγει
: John 1:25 – και ηρωτησαν αυτον ] και ηρωτησαν αυτων
: John 1:28 – βηθανια ] βηθανια (TR reads βηθαβαρα)
History
The manuscript was dated by Scrivener and Gregory to the 12th or 13th century.[ It is presently assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, INTF to the 12th century.][
According to the inscriptions the manuscript once belonged to the Church of the Saint George, presented by one Nicetas, and afterwards it belonged to the Monastery of Prodromus.][ The manuscript once belonged to ]Caesar de Missy
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, chaplain to George III
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, in 1747 (along with the codices 560, 561, ℓ ''162'', ℓ ''239'', ℓ ''241'').[ Then it belonged to William Hunter. The Hunter's collection remained in London for several years after his death – for the use of his nephew, ]Matthew Baillie
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Early life and education
He was born in the mans ...
(1761-1823) – and finally came to the Glasgow University
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in 1807.[Hunterian Collection]
at the ''University of Glasgow''
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 231) and Gregory (number 240). Gregory saw it in 1883.[ The manuscript has been exhibited on the following occasion: "Treasures of Scottish Libraries", in ]National Library of Scotland
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, Edinburgh, 1961.[Lectionary 240 (description)]
at the ''University of Glasgow''
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[''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.]
Currently the codex is housed at the Glasgow University Library
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, as a part of the Hunterian Collection
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.[
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See also
* List of New Testament lectionaries
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
* Biblical manuscript
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* Textual criticism
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Notes and references
Bibliography
* John Young & P. H. Aitken, ''A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow'' (Glasgow, 1908), pp. 324–325
* Ian C. Cunningham, ''Greek Manuscripts in Scotland: summary catalogue, with addendum'' (Edinburgh, 1982), no. 51
External links
Images of Lectionary 240
at the CSNTM
Lectionary 240 (description)
at the ''University of Glasgow''
CSNTM description
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Greek New Testament lectionaries
12th-century biblical manuscripts
University of Glasgow Library collection