Lectionary 139

Lectionary ℓ 139

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	10th/11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Marciana
Size	32 cm by 24 cm

Lectionary 139, designated by siglum ℓ 139 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th or 11th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 219 parchment leaves (32 cm by 24 cm), with some lacunae at the beginning. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 17 lines per page.[1]

It contains the pericope John 8:3-11 on the last 219 leaf. Leaf 83 moved at the end, leaf 218 at the beginning.[2] It has many erasures.[3]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[4] It was examined by Scholz, Bessarion, and Gregory.[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 Marciana (Gr. Z. 12 (348)), in Venice.[1]

See also

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

Notes and 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. 227. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 399.
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. 336.
4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. 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

• 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.