Lectionary 297

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium),{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| page = 412

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n425/mode/2up

| isbn =

}} on 230 parchment leaves, with some lacunae. The leaves are measured ({{×|27|20|cm}}).{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| authorlink = Kurt Aland

|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack

| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments

| publisher = Walter de Gruyter

| year = 1994

| location = Berlin, New York

| page = 237

| url =

| isbn = 3-11-011986-2

}}{{cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|accessdate=16 November 2010|location=Münster}} It contains Menologion on folios 171-320, accompanied by Apostolarion (lessons from Book of Acts and Epistles).

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 23 lines per page. It contains breathings and accents. The ink is brown. There are a few headpieces and decorated initial letters.{{cite web|title=Lectionary of the Gospels in Greek : manuscript (ca. 1050-ca. 1100)|url=http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid={{!}}library/m/aleph{{!}}009650572 |publisher=Harvard University Library|accessdate=22 December 2010}}

The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 13th century.

Edward Everett, an American educator (who later gained fame as a politician, diplomat, and orator), bought the manuscript in 1819, during his first visit in Greece, along with six other Greek manuscripts. Everett used every opportunity of searching for Greek manuscripts. He brought the manuscript to America.{{cite book|last=Quincy|first=Josiah|title=The history of Harvard university, Volume 2|year=1840|publisher=J. Owen|pages=587|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HARVARD32044009793555|authorlink=Josiah Quincy III|accessdate=22 December 2010}}

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Caspar René Gregory (number 297^e). Scrivener catalogued this manuscript as 484^e on his list.{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

|author2=Edward Miller

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| edition = 4th

| year = 1894

| location = London

| page = 357

| url = https://archive.org/stream/aplainintroducti00scriuoft#page/356/mode/2up

| isbn =

}} The manuscript was examined by Edward A. Guy, who designated it by siglum 2^h (Lectionary 296 received siglum 1^h, Lectionary 298 – 3^h). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1878. It was examined and described by Herman C. Hoskier.Herman C. Hoskier, [https://archive.org/stream/fullaccountcolla00hoskuoft#page/2/mode/2up A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604], London, 1890, Appendix H.

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 Houghton Library (fMS Gr 7 vol.1) in the Harvard University.

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{{Reflist}}

• Josiah Quincy, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HARVARD32044009793555 The History of Harvard University], II. Cambridge: J. Owen, 1840, p. 588.
• {{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| page = 412

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n425/mode/2up

| isbn =

}}

• K. Clark, Descriptive catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts in America (1937), pp. 110-112.

• [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|009650572 Library catalogue] Harvard.edu

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