Lectionary 55

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Lectionary ℓ 55
Text Evangelistarion, Apostolos
Date 1602
Script Greek
Now at State Historical Museum
Size 20.5 cm by 16.5 cm
Hand wretchedly written

Lectionary 55, designated by siglum ℓ 55 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1602.[1]

Contents

Description

The codex is an Euchologium with lessons from the Old Testament and 107 lessons from the New Testament. It is a lectionary (Evangelistarion, Apostolos),[2] on 581 paper leaves (20.5 cm by 16.5 cm). It is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, in 18-24 lines per page.[1]

History

The manuscript was written in Venice in 1602. It came from the monastery of Vatopedi on the Athos.[3] The manuscript was examined by Matthaei.[2]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]

Currently the codex is located in the State Historical Museum, (V. 264, S. 454) in Moscow.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 222. ISBN 3110119862. 
  2. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 392. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n405/mode/2up. 
  3. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 214. 
  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), p. XXX.