Lectionary 298 (Gregory-Aland), designated by

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ℓ ''298'' (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 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the

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, and

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(''Evangelistarium''), on 202 parchment leaves. The leaves are measured (). 12 leaves at the end were supplied by two later hands. The supplied leaves, except one on paper, are palimpsest (1-4, 105–106, 229–232, 399–404). It contains

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at the end. The text is written in Greek

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letters, in two columns per page, 25 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons. The ink is brown. There are a headpieces, decorated initial letters, and music notes. According to

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it is "somewhat roughly written, but containing a better text than 2^h". According to Edward A. Guy it is only one manuscript which in Luke 7:6 agrees with

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) ...

and

Codex Vaticanus The Codex Vaticanus ( The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1 ( von Soden), is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old ...

in omitting of (''to Him''). This omission is also supported by

Papyrus 75 Papyrus 75 (formerly Papyrus Bodmer XIV– XV, now Hanna Papyrus 1), designated by the siglum (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early Greek New Testament manuscript written on papyrus. It contains text from t ...

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, and several other manuscripts.

History

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dated the manuscript to the 13th century. It has been assigned by the

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to the 14th century. Edward Everett, an American educator (who later became famous as a politician, diplomat, and orator), bought the manuscript in 1819 during his first visit in Greece, along with six other Greek manuscripts. Everett used any opportunity of searching for Greek manuscripts. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by

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(number 298^e).

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catalogued this manuscript as 485^e on his list. The manuscript was examined by Edward A. Guy, who designated it by siglum 3^h (

Lectionary 296 Lectionary 296 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ ''296'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is very lacun ...

received siglum 1^h).

Herman C. Hoskier Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904). Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against the ...

Herman C. Hoskier
''A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604''
London, 1890. ppendix H/ref> and Emilie Boer examined and described the manuscript. 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 '' Houghton Library'' (MS. Gr. 12) in the

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Notes and references

Bibliography

* E. Everett, ''An account of some Greek Manuscripts, procured at Constantinople in 1819 and now belonging to the Library of the University at Cambridge'', Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4 (1820), pp. 409–415, 411, (no. 2). * * K. Clark, ''Descriptive catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts in America ''(1937), pp. 113–115.

External links

Library catalogue
Harvard.edu {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0298 Greek New Testament lectionaries 14th-century biblical manuscripts

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