Lectionary 184

Lectionary ℓ 184

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	1319
Script	Greek
Now at	British Library
Size	30 cm by 22.5 cm

Lectionary 184, designated by siglum ℓ 184 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Westcott and Hort labelled it by 39^e,^[1] Scrivener by 259^e.^[2] It is dated by a colophon to the year 1319.^[3]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium).^[1] Part of the first leaf (John 1:11-13) is on paper and was supplied by later hand.^[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 248 parchment leaves (30 cm by 22.5 cm), in two columns per page, 27-28 lines per page.^[3] According to Gregory it has "good text".^[1]

It is remarkable for its departures from the received text, and for that reason was often cited by Tischendorf, Alford,^[2] and Aland on the Gospels. It contains text of Luke 22:43-44 but with doubtful mark.

In Matt 23:38 word ερημος omitted like in Codex Vaticanus, Codex Regius, ff², syr^c, cop^{sa, bomss}.^[4]

In Luke 14:5 it reads υἱὸς ὑμῶν (as mss. 1344, ℓ 1579) for υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς ($\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁵, $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁵, B, W, Δ, 28, 565, 700);^[5]

In John 6:1 it reads της θαλασσης της Τιβεριαδος for της θαλασσης της Γαλιλαιας της Τιβεριαδος, the reading of the codex is supported by 0210, 1242, 1344, 2174;^[6]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Charles Burney, along with codices 480, 481, 482, 484, and 485.^[7]

It was examined by Scrivener and Gregory. Scrivener gave its collation in 1852 (along with the codex ℓ 183).

The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3,^[8] UBS4^[9]).

Currently the codex is located in the British Library (Burney 22) at London.^[3]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Notes and references

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 402.
2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 345–346.
3. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 230. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
4. UBS3, p. 92.
5. UBS3, p. 273
6. UBS3, p. 342
7. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 194.
8. 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. XXVIII.
9. The Greek New Testament, ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 4th revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21, ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.

Bibliography

• Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1853). Full and Exact Collation of About Twenty Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels. Cambridge: John W. Parker and Son. pp. LXI.
• Westcott in Smith's Dictionary of the Bible.

External links

• Burney 22 at the British Library