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Lectionary 280

Lectionary 280, designated by siglum ℓ 280 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.^[1][2] Scrivener labelled it as 185^e.^[3]

The manuscript has complex contents.^[1]

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

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 240 parchment leaves (24.5 cm by 18 cm), in two columns per page, 28 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.^[3]

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

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 to the 14th century.^[1][2]

The manuscript was written in Constantinople.^[4] The name of scribe was Nikolaos.^[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 185^e) and Gregory (number 280^e). 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 (G') in Venice.^[1][2]

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Lectionary 279

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 411.