Lectionary 318

Lectionary 318, designated by siglum ℓ 318 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke, on 279 fragment parchment leaves. Some leaves at the end of the codex were lost. The leaves are measured. The last leaf was added by later hand.
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 23 lines per page. It has musical notes. It contains decorated headpieces and initial letters.
The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons. Lectionary 318, 321 and 323 sometimes agree with each other in departing form the ordinary weekday Church lessons.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 12th or 13th century. It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 12th century.
It was purchased for the British Museum at Sotheby's, on 12 January 1854.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener and Caspar René Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1883.
The codex is now housed at the British Library in London.
The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.