Lectionary 106

Lectionary ℓ 106

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	13th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Size	28 cm by 23 cm
Hand	splendidly written

Lectionary 106, designated by siglum ℓ 106 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment 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. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 349 parchment leaves (28 cm by 23 cm), in two columns per page, 20 lines per page,[1][2] and is splendidly written in a large cursive hand.[3] Some leaves were supplemented in the 16th century on paper.[2]

History

The manuscript was used in Constantinople. It was bought in Korfu and came to Milan.[2] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz,[4] who examined some parts of it.[2]

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

Currently, the codex is located in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (C. 891 sup.) in Milan.[1]

See also

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

References

1. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 224. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 396.
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. 334.
4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London. p. 331.
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.

Bibliography

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 396.