Lectionary 135

Lectionary ℓ 135
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarion
Date8th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size25.6 cm by 17.2 cm

Lectionary 135, designated by siglum ℓ 135 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 145 parchment leaves (25.6 cm by 17.2 cm), with some lacunae at the end. It is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 23 lines per page,[1] in large letters. It is a palimpsest.[1] The upper text was added in the 12th century, it is the Lectionary 136.[2]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[3] It was examined by Scholz, Tischendorf, Simcox, and Gregory.[2] Constantin von Tischendorf gave its readings from Matthew 24:34-25:16; John 19:11-25.[4]

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

Currently the codex is located in the Vatican Library (Barberini gr. 472, fol. 1–118.139-165) in Rome.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ 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. 226. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 399.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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. 331.
  4. ^ C. v. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita (Nova collectio) (Leipzig 1855), Vol. 1, pp. 199-210.
  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

  • J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments, p. 108.
  • C. v. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita (Nova collectio) (Leipzig 1855), Vol. 1, pp. 199–210.