Lectionary 15

Lectionary ℓ 15

New Testament manuscript

Text Gospels
Date 13th-century
Script Greek
Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size 25.6 cm by 19.1 cm

Lectionary 15, designated by siglum ℓ 15 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae.[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 310 parchment leaves (25.6 cm by 19.1 cm), 2 columns per page, 22 or 23 lines per page.[1]

In Luke 15:21 it has additional reading ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου; the reading is supported by Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, Monacensis, 33, 700, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1253, 1344, ℓ 13, ℓ 60, ℓ 80, ℓ 185.[3]

The manuscript was slightly examined by Scholz, Paulin Martin,[4] and C. R. Gregory in 1885.[2]

It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Johann Jakob Wettstein.[5] The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[6]

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 302) in Paris.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 219.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 388.
  3. ↑ 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. 277.
  4. ↑ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliotheques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 142.
  5. ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ↑ 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. XXIX.

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