Lectionary 39

Lectionary ℓ 39

New Testament manuscript

Text Evangelistarion, Apostolos
Date 13th-century
Script Greek
Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size 24.8 cm by 18.9 cm
Hand neatly written

Lectionary 39, designated by siglum ℓ 39 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), and from Acts and Epistles (Apostolos). It is neatly written in Greek minuscule letters, on 139 parchment leaves (24.8 cm by 18.9 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, there are 24 lines per page.[1][2] It contains marginal notes in Arabic.[3]

History

The manuscript was written in a monastery in Palestine.[3] It was examined by Birch, Paulin Martin,[4] and Gregory.[2]

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

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 104) in Paris.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 221. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. 1 2 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 391, 465.
  3. 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 368.
  4. ↑ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 170.
  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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