Codex Tischendorfianus V or Lectionary 293 (Gregory-Aland), designated by

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ℓ ''293'' (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 8th century.''Handschriftenliste''
at the ''INTF''

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labelled it as 190^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 ...

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, and

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(''Evangelistarium''), on 89 parchment leaves (), with some lacunae. It is a palimpsest, the upper and younger text contains lessons from the

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. It is dated to the 12th century. The text is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 20 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons. It contains music notes.

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 8th or 9th century. It has been assigned by the

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to the 8th century. 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 190^e) and Gregory (number 293^e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884. 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. The codex is housed at the ''

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'' (Cod. Gr. 3), in

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Bibliography

* C. v. Tischendorf
''Anecdota sacra et profana ex Oriente et Occidente allata''
(1861), pp. XII, 29–34. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0293 Greek New Testament lectionaries 8th-century biblical manuscripts Palimpsests 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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