| New Testament manuscript | |
 folio 1 recto with text of John 1:1-6, decorated headpiece | |
| Text | Evangelistarium |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Glasgow University Library |
| Size | 28 cm by 21 cm |
Lectionary 240, designated bysiglumℓ240 (in theGregory-Aland numbering) is a Greekmanuscript of theNew Testament, on parchment.Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 231evl.[3]The manuscript has complex contents.
The codex contains 237 daily lessons for reading fromEaster toPentecost from theGospels ofJohn,Matthew,Lukelectionary (Evangelistarium).[3][4] The manuscript is well preserved.[5]
The text is written in Greekminuscule letters, on 251 parchment leaves (28 cm by 21 cm), in two columns per page, 22-25 lines per page.[1] The headpieces are decorated with gold; the punctuation and accents added later in red.[6] It uses breathings and accents, punctuation, interrogative sign (in red); ιt contains some notes made by several later hands.
The word before the bracket is the reading of theUBS edition, the word after the bracket is the reading of the manuscript. The reading ofTextus Receptus in bold.
The manuscript was dated by Scrivener and Gregory to the 12th or 13th century.[3][4] It is presently assigned by theINTF to the 12th century.[1][2]
According to the inscriptions the manuscript once belonged to the Church of the Saint George, presented by one Nicetas, and afterwards it belonged to the Monastery of Prodromus.[5] The manuscript once belonged toCaesar de Missy, chaplain toGeorge III, in 1747 (along with the codices560,561,ℓ162,ℓ239,ℓ241).[4] Then it belonged toWilliam Hunter. The Hunter's collection remained in London for several years after his death – for the use of his nephew,Matthew Baillie (1761-1823) – and finally came to theGlasgow University in 1807.[6]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 231) and Gregory (number 240). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4] The manuscript has been exhibited on the following occasion: "Treasures of Scottish Libraries", inNational Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1961.[5]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[7]
Currently the codex is housed at theGlasgow University Library, as a part of theHunterian Collection[6] (Ms. Hunter 405) inGlasgow.[1][2]
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