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Lectionary 279

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Lectionary 279, designated by siglum 279 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[1][2] Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener labelled it as 184e,[3]

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The manuscript has complex contents.[1]

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Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium).[4]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 411 parchment leaves (31.5 cm by 26 cm), in two columns per page, 21-23 lines per page.[1][4] The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.[1]

The manuscript is bound in red velvet, and according to Scrivener in excellent preservation. It "is very splendidly illuminated".[3]

It contains text of the pericope John 8:3-11.[4]

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History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century,[3] and Gregory to the 12th century.[4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) to the 11th century.[1][2]

The manuscript was written in Constantinople.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 184e) and Gregory (number 279e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

The codex is housed at the Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini (A') in Venice, Italy.[1][2]

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