| New Testament manuscript | |
 folio 1 recto of the codex | |
| Text | Evangelistarium † |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1864 |
| Now at | University of Michigan Library |
| Size | 34.5 cm by 28 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
Lectionary 313 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 313 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th-century. The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.
The codex contains Lessons for selected days only from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae.[1] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 209 parchment leaves (34.5 cm by 28 cm), 2 columns per page, 21 lines per page.[2][3] According to the CSNTM description the manuscript has 212 leaves. There are no interesting or significant images.[4]
The codex contains the weekday Gospel Lessons (Evangelistarium) according to the Byzantine Church order.[2][3]
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th-century.[1] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) to the 14th-century.[2][3]
Of the history of the codex ℓ 313 nothing is known until 1864, when it was in the possession of a dealer at Janina in Epeiros. It was then purchased from him by a representative of Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist,[5] together with other Greek manuscripts (among them lectionaries ℓ 314 and ℓ 315)[1] which were transported to England in 1870–1871.[6]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (494) Caspar René Gregory (number 313e).[1]
It used to be held in London (Burdett-Coutts II. 5).[1] The codex is now housed in the University of Michigan Library (Ms. 33) in Ann Arbor.[2][3]
The manuscript is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,[7] NA28[8]).
