Lectionary 140
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Lectionary 140, designated by siglum  140 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...

 of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

, on paper leaves. It was dated to the 13th century.

Description

It is one of the manuscripts which was held in Biblioteca Marciana
Biblioteca Marciana
The Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana is a library and Renaissance building in Venice, northern Italy; it is one of the earliest surviving public manuscript depositories in the country, holding one of the greatest classical texts collections in the world. The library is named after St. Mark, the...

 in time of Scholz. Probably it is still held there, though it is not certain what manuscript is. The manuscript was examined and described by Scholz, who added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts.
According to Scholz the manuscript was written in the 13th century, in quarto, on paper. It contains Lessons from the Gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

s. Scholz did not give number of leaves, number of columns, number of lines in the column. He did not give size of the pages. According to him it was held in the Marcian Library under the catalogue number 286. Gregory suggested that it can concern to the codex 270
Minuscule 270
Minuscule 270 , ε 291 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.- Description :...

.
According to Scrivener the manuscript has not existence. He suggested to place another manuscript in its place instead.
According to Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...

 it is uncertain manuscript, which can not be identified with number of Cathalog of Zanetti or Cathalog of Castellani. Aland in his Kurzgefasste classified it under the number 140, place of its possible location he gave in the brackets: "(Venedig, Biblioteca Marciana
Biblioteca Marciana
The Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana is a library and Renaissance building in Venice, northern Italy; it is one of the earliest surviving public manuscript depositories in the country, holding one of the greatest classical texts collections in the world. The library is named after St. Mark, the...

, Gr. Z. 286 [626]).

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

See also

  • List of New Testament lectionaries
  • Biblical manuscript
    Biblical manuscript
    A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...

  • Textual criticism
    Textual criticism
    Textual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...

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