| New Testament manuscript | |
 | |
| Text | Evangelistarium † |
|---|---|
| Date | 10th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Houghton Library |
| Size | 31 cm by 22 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
Lectionary 296 (Gregory-Aland), designated bysiglumℓ296 (in theGregory-Aland numbering) is aGreekmanuscript of theNew Testament, on parchment.Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is verylacunose.[1]
The original codex contained lessons from theGospel of John,Matthew, andLuke (Evangelistarium). Only 6 parchment leaves of the codex have survived. Actually the codex contains lessons with texts of Matthew 4:25—5:13.36—45; John 14:27—15:3; 16:18—33; 17:1—13.18. The leaves are measured (31 cm by 22 cm).[2]
The text is written in Greekuncial letters, in two columns per page, 20 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.[1][3] It contains music notes. The initial letters are decorated.[4]
The style of handwriting of this codex bears a striking general resemblance to that of three Gospel manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries:Codex Cyprius,Lectionary 3, andℓ1599.[5]
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 9th or 10th century.[2] It is presently assigned by theINTF to the 10th century.[1][3]
Edward Everett, an American educator (who later became famous as a politician, diplomat, and orator), bought the manuscript in 1819 during his first visit in Greece, along with six other manuscripts (Lectionary 172,Lectionary 297,Lectionary 298).[2]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts byCaspar René Gregory (number 296e).Scrivener classified this manuscript as 483e.[6] The manuscript was examined by Edward A. Guy, who designated it by siglum Ih). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1878.[2]
The text of the manuscript was fully collated byHerman C. Hoskier.[7] The manuscript was examined by Clark andWilliam Hatch, who gave facsimile of one page of the codex.[8]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[9]
Currently the codex is housed at theHoughton Library (MS Gr 6) in theHarvard University.[1][3]
