Lectionary 292, designated by

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ℓ ''292'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.''Handschriftenliste''
at the ''INTF''

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labelled it as 189^e.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

Matthew Matthew may refer to: * 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 ...

, and

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 ...

(''Evangelistarium''), on 277 parchment leaves (). The first Gospel lesson begins in John 16:28.C. v. Tischendorf, ''Anecdota sacra et profana'' (1861), p. 151. The text is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 24 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons. It contains music notes, the initial letters are rubricated. It contains subscriptions. In Matthew 23:8 it has reading from ''prima manu'' καθηγητης, the corrector changed it into διδασκαλος (''teacher''). The first reading is supported by the manuscripts:

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts) ...

, Bezae, Regius, Koridethi, 1010, 1241,

1424 Year 1424 ( MCDXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * June 2 – Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo, for the Ki ...

, Byz. The second reading is supported by the manuscripts: Sinaiticus¹, Vaticanus, 33,

892 Year 892 ( DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnul ...

. It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 8:1-11).

History

Scholz dated the manuscript to the 6th century, Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 10th century. It is presently assigned by the

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to the 9th century. Epiphanius Magister Paschales presented the manuscript in 1091 to the monastery of the Birth of God. It was housed in

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(between 1438 and 1605). The manuscript was examined by

Constantin von Tischendorf Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (18 January 18157 December 1874) was a German biblical scholar. In 1844, he discovered the world's oldest and most complete Bible dated to around the mid-4th century and called Codex Sinaiticus a ...

in 1843, who gave some extracts from the codex in his ''Anecdota''. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 189^e) and Gregory (number 292^e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884. The manuscript is 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), p. XXVIII. Currently the codex is housed at the ''Bibliothèque municipale'', 10 (L 11) in Carpentras.

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Bibliography

* C. v. Tischendorf
''Anecdota sacra et profana ex Oriente et Occidente allata''
(1861), pp. 151–153. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0292 Greek New Testament lectionaries 9th-century biblical manuscripts

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