Lectionary 205

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Lectionary ℓ 205

Folio 3 recto
Text Evangelistarium
Date 10th century
Script Greek
Now at Bodleian Library
Size 29.5 cm by 19 cm
Hand beautiful copy

Lectionary 205, designated by siglum ℓ 205 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 201evl.[3] The manuscript has complex context.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 5 parchment leaves (29.5 cm by 19 cm).[3][4] The text is written in Greek Uncial letters, in two columns per page, 20 lines per page,[1][2] 6-12 letters. It contains musical notes.[4] It was used for binding, a palimpsest.[3] The upper text contains lessons from the Old Testament lectionary.[1]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 11th century.[3][4] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 10th century.[1][2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 201) and Gregory (number 204). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Barocci 197) at Oxford.[1][2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 231. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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. 341.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 404.
  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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