Lectionary ℓ 223 | |
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Text | Evangelistarium, Apostolarium |
Date | 15th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | University of Michigan |
Size | 21 cm by 15.4 cm |
Hand | carelessly written |
Note | poor condition |
Lectionary 223, designated by siglum ℓ 223 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[1][2] Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener labelled it by 252evl.[3] It contains many additional material, liturgical and secular.
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The codex contains 28 lessons from the Gospels and Epistles (Evangelistarium, Apostolarium),[4][5] on 174 paper leaves (21 cm by 15.4 cm). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[1][2][4]
It contains also Menologion, liturgies of Chrysostom, Basil, and of the Presanctified Gifts (as Lectionary 216), Prayers for Saints' days, a table of lunar days with curious notes both biblical and astronomical, Psalm 135 (LXX), and other miscellaneous pieces, liturgical or secular, on coarse paper. Scrivener stated "a strange volume indeed".[5]
It is full of the errors of itacism, poor illuminations, and careless errors (e.g. 2 Timothy 2:6). It is "too incorrect to be much of value", though it has no errors with iota subscriptum or iota adscriptum.[5]
The manuscript has survived in bad condition.[5]
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th or 15th century, Gregory to the 14th century.[3][4] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 15th century.[1][2]
Of the history of the codex nothing is known until the year 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,[6] along with other Greek manuscripts.[4] They were transported to England in 1870-1871.[7] The manuscript was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, and was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts III. 29), in London.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 252) and Gregory (number 223). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4] The manuscript was acquired for the University of Michigan in 1922.[8] It was digitalized by the CSNTM in 2008.[9]
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[10]
Currently the codex is housed at the University of Michigan (Ms. 17) in Ann Arbor.[1][2]
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