title: Lectionary 266
text: # Lectionary 266
  
  Lectionary 266, designated by siglum ℓ 266 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Scrivener labelled it as $172^e,$ Gregory by $158^e.$ The manuscript is lacunose.
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), with two lacunae at the beginning and end.
  
  The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, on 50 parchment leaves (25.8 cm by 19.7 cm), in two columns per page, 22 lines per page. The initial letters are rubricated, it contains musical notes (in red).
  
  The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.
  
  ## History
  
  Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 12th century.
  
  The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number $172^e)$ and Gregory (number $266^e).$ Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
  
  The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
  
  The codex is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I.46 (1435)) in Venice.
  
  