Lectionary 154

Lectionary ℓ 154

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bavarian State Library
Size	31.8 cm by 25 cm
Hand	fine

Lectionary 154, designated by siglum ℓ 154 (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 season of Lent to the month of December in the menology lectionary with large and numerous lacunae.[2] The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 49 parchment leaves (31.8 cm by 25 cm), in two columns per page, 21 lines per page.[1] The leaves are in disorder.[2] It is written, in very small and neat cursive letters.[3]

History

Formerly the manuscript was held in Mannheim.[2] 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 Bavarian State Library (Gr. 326).[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. 228. 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.