Lectionary 38

Lectionary ℓ 38

New Testament manuscript

Text Evangelistarion, Apostolos
Date 15th-century
Script Greek
Now at University of Göttingen
Size 27.5 cm by 20 cm

Lectionary 38, designated by siglum ℓ 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th-century.[1] Formerly it was labelled as 5a.[2]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), and Lessons from Book of Acts and Pauline epistles (Apostolos), with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 56 parchment leaves (27.5 cm by 20 cm), in two columns per page, in 27-30 lines per page.[1][3]

It has singular reading in Acts 12:25 εις την Αντιοχειαν (to Antioch), majority reads εις Ιερουσαλημ (to Jerusalem);[4]

History

Formerly it was held in the Konstamonitou monastery at Athos. Afterwards it belonged to Caesar de Missy.[2] It was examined by Matthaei.[3]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

Currently the codex is located in the University of Göttingen (Cod. Ms. theol. 33) in Göttingen.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 221. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 368.
  3. 1 2 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 465.
  4. ↑ UBS3, p. 464.
  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), p. XXX.
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