Lectionary 292, designated by siglum ℓ 292 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.Handschriftenliste at the INTF Scrivener labelled it as 189e.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), on 277 parchment leaves (). The first Gospel lesson begins in John 16:28.C. v. Tischendorf, Anecdota sacra et profana (1861), p. 151.
The text is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 24 lines per page. The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons. It contains music notes, the initial letters are rubricated. It contains subscriptions.
In Matthew 23:8 it has reading from prima manu καθηγητης, the corrector changed it into διδασκαλος (teacher). The first reading is supported by the manuscripts: Codex Sinaiticus, Bezae, Regius, Koridethi, 1010, 1241, 1424, Byz. The second reading is supported by the manuscripts: Sinaiticus1, Vaticanus, 33, 892.NA26, p. 65.
It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 8:1-11).
History
Scholz dated the manuscript to the 6th century, Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 10th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 9th century.
Epiphanius Magister Paschales presented the manuscript in 1091 to the monastery of the Birth of God. It was housed in Cyprus (between 1438 and 1605).
The manuscript was examined by Constantin von Tischendorf in 1843, who gave some extracts from the codex in his Anecdota.C. v. Tischendorf, Anecdota sacra et profana (1861), p. 151 ff.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 189e) and Gregory (number 292e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.
The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. XXVIII.
Currently the codex is housed at the Bibliothèque municipale, 10 (L 11) in Carpentras.
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism Lectionary 291
Notes and references
Bibliography
C. v. Tischendorf, Anecdota sacra et profana ex Oriente et Occidente allata (1861), pp. 151–153.