Lectionary 240

The codex contains 237 daily lessons for reading from Easter to Pentecost from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium).{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1

| publisher =

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| page = 407

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n419/mode/2up

| isbn =

}} The manuscript is well preserved.

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 251 parchment leaves ({{×|28|21|cm}}), in two columns per page, 22-25 lines per page. The headpieces are decorated with gold; the punctuation and accents added later in red. It uses breathings and accents, punctuation, interrogative sign (in red); ιt contains some notes made by several later hands.

File:Lectionary 240 GA 0051a.JPG 5:42-45, the decorated headpiece]]

; Textual variants

The word before the bracket is the reading of the UBS edition, the word after the bracket is the reading of the manuscript. The reading of Textus Receptus in bold.

: Matthew 5:42 – δος ] διδου

: Matthew 5:44 – και προσευχεσθε υπερ των διωκοντων υμας ] ευλογειτε τους καταρομενους υμας καλως ποιειτε τοις μισουσιν υμας και προσευχεσθε υπερ των επηρεαζοντων υμας και διωκοντων υμας (TR reads: ευλογειτε τους καταρομενους υμας καλως ποιειτε τους μισουντας υμας και προσευχεσθε υπερ των επηρεαζοντων υμας και διωκοντων υμας)

: John 1:7 – πιστευσωσιν ] πιστευσωσι

: John 1:16 – οτι ] και

: John 1:18 – εωρακεν ] εωρακε

: John 1:18 – μονογενης θεος ] μονογενης υιος

: John 1:20 – εγω ουκ ειμι ] ουκ ειμι εγω

: John 1:21 – και λεγει ] λεγει

: John 1:25 – και ηρωτησαν αυτον ] και ηρωτησαν αυτων

: John 1:28 – βηθανια ] βηθανια (TR reads βηθαβαρα)

The manuscript was dated by Scrivener and Gregory to the 12th or 13th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.

According to the inscriptions the manuscript once belonged to the Church of the Saint George, presented by one Nicetas, and afterwards it belonged to the Monastery of Prodromus. The manuscript once belonged to Caesar de Missy, chaplain to George III, in 1747 (along with the codices 560, 561, ℓ 162, ℓ 239, ℓ 241). Then it belonged to William Hunter. The Hunter's collection remained in London for several years after his death – for the use of his nephew, Matthew Baillie (1761-1823) – and finally came to the Glasgow University in 1807.[http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/hunterian.html Hunterian Collection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705091526/http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/hunterian.html |date=2010-07-05 }} at the University of Glasgow

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 231) and Gregory (number 240). Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript has been exhibited on the following occasion: "Treasures of Scottish Libraries", in National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1961.[http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/detaild.cfm?DID=33471 Lectionary 240 (description)] at the University of Glasgow

The manuscript is not 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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

Currently the codex is housed at the Glasgow University Library, as a part of the Hunterian Collection (Ms. Hunter 405) in Glasgow.

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• John Young & P. H. Aitken, A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, 1908), pp. 324–325
• Ian C. Cunningham, Greek Manuscripts in Scotland: summary catalogue, with addendum (Edinburgh, 1982), no. 51

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• [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_Lect_240 Images of Lectionary 240] at the CSNTM
• [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/detaild.cfm?DID=33471 Lectionary 240 (description)] at the University of Glasgow
• [http://images.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA_Lect_240/GA_Lect_240.pdf CSNTM description]

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