Lectionary 302 designated by
siglum ℓ ''302'' (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering).
It is a Greek
minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament, written on paper.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.
Description
The codex contains weekday lessons from the Gospels
lectionary
A lectionary ( la, lectionarium) is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christianity, Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evang ...
(''Evangelistarium''), on 199 paper leaves (31 by 21.7 cm), with some
lacunae. The text is written in two columns per page, in 28 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.
[''Handschriftenliste'']
at the ''INTF''
History
The manuscript was brought to America in 1844 from Canea
Chania ( el, Χανιά ; vec, La Canea), also spelled Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno and west of Heraklion.
The muni ...
in Crete, by George Benton (along with Minuscule 670
Minuscule 670 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1186 ( von Soden), Hermann von Soden, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 15 ...
, and Minuscule 669
Minuscule 669 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1025 ( Soden),Hermann von Soden, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 134 kn ...
). It was examined by J. Rendel Harris
James Rendel Harris ( Plymouth, Devon, 27 January 1852 – 1 March 1941) was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and other early documents. His contacts at t ...
.Caspar René Gregory
Caspar René Gregory (November 6, 1846 – April 9, 1917) was an American-born German theologian.
Life
Gregory was born to Mary Jones and Henry Duval Gregory in Philadelphia. He was the brother of the American zoologist Emily Ray Gregory. After ...
(number 302e).
The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection The Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University contains over one hundred manuscripts — in both roll and codex form — dating from the 9th to the 17th century. Th ...
of the Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
(Gk MS 83) at Durham.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament lectionaries
* Biblical manuscripts
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
* K. W. Clark, ''A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America'', Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1937, pp. 82-83.
External links
Lectionary 302
at the ''Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts''
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Greek New Testament lectionaries
15th-century biblical manuscripts
Duke University Libraries