Lectionary 149

Lectionary ℓ 149

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolos
Date	14th century
Script	Greek
Now at	French National Library
Size	29.1 by 20.3 cm

Lectionary 149, designated by siglum ℓ 149 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from Gospels and Acts of the Apostles lectionary (Apostolos), on 237 parchment leaves (29.1 cm by 20.3 cm), with one lacunae (the leaf between 155 and 156 lost).[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[1] It is illegible in parts.[3]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Colbert. The manuscript was examined by Gregory.[2]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]

Currently the codex is located in the National Library of France (Gr. 321), at Paris.[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. 466.
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. 369.
4. 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.