Lectionary 257, designated by siglumℓ257 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greekmanuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to 1305 or 1306. Scrivener labelled it as 69a, Gregory by 81a.[1] The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.[2]
According to the colophon it was written in 1305 or 1306 by Ignatius, a scribe.[1]
The manuscript was brought of Nicolas Parassoh on 27 June 1874.[1][4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 69a)[4] and Gregory (number 81a). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[1]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
^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.
A. Turyn, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Dumbarton Oaks Series XVII, (Washington, D. C., 1980), 6, p. 69
