Lectionary 306

Lectionary 306 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 306 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Lectionary ℓ 306

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Text	Evangelistarium †
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Found	1874
Now at	Cambridge University Library
Size	16.5 cm by 13.5 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospels (Evangelistarium), on 136 parchment leaves, with some lacunae. The leaves are measured (16.5 cm by 13.5 cm).[1] The first 54 other leaves were lost. The additional lessons about the season of Epiphany were inserted by other hand.[2]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 16-18 lines per page.[3][4]

It contains music notes.[2]

History

Gregory and Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[1] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) to the 13th century.[3][4]

It was bought from Quaritch for the university in 1874.[1]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (292^e)[2] and Caspar René Gregory (number 306^e).[1] It was examined by Fenton John Anthony Hort. Gregory saw it in 1883.[1]

The codex is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. Mss. 1836) in Cambridge.[3][4]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Lectionary 305

Notes and references

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 413.
2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 349.
3. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
4. Handschriftenliste at the INTF

Bibliography

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 413.