Lectionary 286, designated by siglum ℓ 286 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.[1] [2] Scrivener labelled it as 480e.[3]
Only 5 leaves of the manuscript has survived.[1]
The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), with some lacunae.[4]
The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 5 parchment leaves, in one column per page, 23-25 lines per page.[1] [4] The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons.[1]
It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in 1150,[4] it contains the writings of Theodor Studites and Anastasius Sinaita.[1]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 9th century.[3] [4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 9th century.[1] [2]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 480e) and Gregory (number 286e). 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 Biblioteca Ambrosiana (E. 101 sup.) 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 . 357 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 411 .