Lectionary 117

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Lectionary ℓ 117
Text Evangelistarion
Date 11th century
Script Greek
Now at Biblioteca Laurentiana
Size 33.6 cm by 27.5 cm
Hand beautifully written
Note illuminated

Lectionary 117, designated by siglum ℓ 117 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons for selected days only from the Gospel of John lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 119 parchment leaves (33.6 cm by 27.5 cm). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in 2 columns per page, 10 lines per page.[1] It contains Menologion and pictures.[2]

According to Scrivener the manuscript is most beautifully written in gold ink.[3]

History

The manuscript was brought by Micheal Collurenites from Constantinople to Trapezunt. In 1330 it was brought back to Constantinople. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[4] It was examined by Bandini (along with ℓ 118), Birch, and Scholz. Andrew Birch gave for it number 38.[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 Laurentiana (Med. Pal. 244) in Florence.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 225. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig. p. 397.
  3. ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 335.
  4. ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. 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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