Lectionary 255

Lectionary ℓ 255
New Testament manuscript
Text Evangelistarium
Date 11th
Script Greek–Arabic
Now at Russian National Library
Size 27 cm by 21.5 cm

Lectionary 255, designated by siglum ℓ 255 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek–Arabic manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium), with numerous lacunae.[1] on 41 parchment leaves (27 cm by 21.5 cm).[2][3] It contains lessons from the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John. The leaves are arranged in quarto.[1]

The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2][4]

History

Eduard de Muralt dated the manuscript to the 11th or 12th century, Gregory dated it to the 10th or 11th century.[1] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 11th century.[2][3]

The manuscript was examined and described by Eduard de Muralt.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (number 255).[1]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

The codex is housed at the Russian National Library (Gr. 84) in Saint Petersburg.[2][3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 408.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 234. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  4. 1 2 Eduard de Muralt, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique (Petersburg 1864), p. 50 (as LXXXIV)
  5. ↑ 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.

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