Lectionary 290, designated by siglum ℓ 290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[1] [2] Scrivener labelled it as 169e.[3]
Some leaves of the manuscript were lost.
The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), on 198 paper leaves, with some lacunae.[4] It contains also several lessons from the Epistles on the leaves 190–193.[4] The leaves of the codex are in disorder.[3]
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[1] [4] The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.[1]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th or 15th century.[3] [4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 14th century.[1] [2]
It was bought in 1858 for the Biblioteca Ambrosiana.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 169e) and Gregory (number 290e). 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 (A. 150 sup.) in Milan.[1] [2]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 412 .
. 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 . 412 .