Lectionary 69, designated by siglum ℓ 69 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.[1]
The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 257 parchment leaves (m), 2 columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2] Some leaves which were lost were supplied by later hand. The text of John 8:3-11 is included. It has standard lectionary text. It has some errors corrected by a later hand.
In Mark 6:33 it has textual reading ἐκεῖ καὶ προῆλθον αὐτούς along with Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, 0187 (omit εκει), 892, ℓ 49, ℓ 70, ℓ 299, ℓ 303, ℓ 333, ℓ 1579, (ℓ 950 αυτους), itaur, vg, (copsa, bo).[3]
The manuscript was written in Constantinople. It was examined by Scholz, and added by him to the list of New Testament manuscripts. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[4] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.
The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 286) in Paris.