Lectionary 151

Lectionary ℓ 151

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Now at	British Library
Size	31.9 by 23.8 cm
Hand	large and bold

Lectionary 151, designated by siglum ℓ 151 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium),[2] on 359 parchment leaves (31.9 cm by 23.8 cm). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 18 lines per page.[1] It has music notes.[2] It is ornamented and splendid copy, in large, bold, cursive letters.[3]

At the end of the manuscript is a note, written in Rome in 1699, by L. A. Zacagni, certifying that the volume was then more than 700 years old.[3] Bloomfield dated it to the 12th century.[3]

History

The manuscript was written for use in Constantinople.[2] It was examined by Bloomfield and 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 British Library (Harley MS 5785).[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. 400.
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. 337.
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.