Lectionary 143

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Lectionary ℓ 143
Text Evangelistarion
Date 8th century
Script Greek
Now at Berlin State Museums, French National Library, Vatican Library
Size 32 by 26 cm

Lectionary 143, designated by siglum ℓ 143 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.[1]

Contents

Description

The codex contains Lessons Gospels lectionary for the Sunday and feasts with numerous lacunae.[2] It contains texts of Matthew 2:1-11; Luke 12:8-12; and John 20:30f.[1]

The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 4 parchment leaves (32 by 26 cm), in one column per page, 15 lines per page.[1]

It was described by J. Leopoldt in 1903 along with Uncial 0164.[3]

Currently the codex is located in:

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3,[4] UBS4[5]).

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 227. ISBN 3110119862. 
  2. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 336. 
  3. ^ J. Leopoldt, Bruchstücke von zwei griechisch-koptischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament, ZNW 4 (Berlin: 1903), pp. 350-351.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ The Greek New Testament, ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 4rd revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21*.

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