Lectionary 138

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Lectionary ℓ 138
Text Evangelistarion
Date 15th century
Script Greek
Now at Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III
Size 26.9 cm by 20.5 cm

Lectionary 138, designated by siglum ℓ 138 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[1]

Contents

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 255 paper leaves (26.9 cm by 20.5 cm). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[1][2]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Christopher Palaeologus, who presented it on May 7, 1584, to the church of SS. Petri et Pauli in Naples.[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[4] It was examined and described by Scholz 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 Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (Ms. II. A. 6), in Naples.[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. 227. ISBN 3110119862. 
  2. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 399. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n411/mode/2up. 
  3. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 336. 
  4. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 331. 
  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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