Lectionary 281, designated by siglum ℓ 281 (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 160e.[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 236 parchment leaves, in two columns per page, 27 (and more) lines per page.[1] [4] The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.[1]
It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 8:3-11).[4]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[3] [4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 14th century.[1] [2]
The manuscript was written one Anthimus.[3]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 160e) and Gregory (number 281e). 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 University of Bologna (3638) in Bologna.[1] [2]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 411 .
. Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 235 . 3-11-011986-2.
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 4th . 1894 . London . 338 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 411 .