Lectionary 159
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarion |
|---|---|
| Date | 1061 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Jerusalem |
| Size | 27.6 by 21.5 cm |
Lectionary 159, designated by siglum ℓ 159 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Dated by a colophon to the year 1061.[1]
Description[]
The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks lectionary.[1][2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 267 parchment leaves (27.6 by 21.5 cm), in two columns per page, 19 lines per page.[1] It contains music notes and oriental pictures; peculiarly bound.[3]
History[]
The manuscript was written by John.[2] Formerly it was held in the monastery of Gerasimus near of Jericho.[2]
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]
Currently the codex is located in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate (Panagias s. n.) at Jerusalem.[1]
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 228. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 401.
- ^ 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. p. 338.
- ^ 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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