Lectionary 284, designated by siglum ℓ 284 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[1] [2] Scrivener labelled it as 163e.[3]
Only one leaf of the manuscript has survived.[1]
The codex contains parts of the two lessons with the text of the Matthew (26:17-20) and Gospel of John (13:3-12) (Evangelistarium).[4]
The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 1 parchment leaf, in two columns per page, 21 lines per page.[1] [4]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 10th century.[3] [4] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 10th century.[1] [2]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 163e) and Gregory (number 284e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
Currently the codex is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Q. 79 sup., fol. 1) in Milan.[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 . 236 . 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 .