Lectionary 253, designated by siglum ℓ 253 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1020. Scrivener labelled it as 196evl.
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium), with numerous lacunae,[1] on 169 parchment leaves .[2] [3] It contains 174 lessons from the Gospel of John.
The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 19-21 lines per page.[2] It has breathings; error of itacism.
The lessons of the codex were red from Easter to Pentecost.[2]
In John 14:14 the entire verse is omitted along with the manuscripts: X f1 565 1009 1365 ℓ 76 Codex Veronensis vgmss Syriac Sinaiticus syrpal arm geo Diatessaron.[4]
According to the colophon it was written in Salerno, in 1020.[1] The name of the scribe was Michael.
The manuscript was examined and described by Peter P. Dubrovsky and Eduard de Muralt.[5]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 196)[6] and Gregory (number 253).[1]
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[7]
Currently the codex is housed at the Russian National Library (Gr. 71) in Saint Petersburg.[2] [3]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 408 .
. Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 234 . 3-11-011986-2.
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 4th . 1894 . London . 341 .