Lectionary 156

Lectionary ℓ 156

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolarion
Date	10th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	24.2 by 19.1 cm

Lectionary 156, designated by siglum ℓ 156 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts and Epistles lectionary (Apostolarion).[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 271 parchment leaves (24.2 cm by 18.1 cm), in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[1] It contains music notes.[3]

10 leaves on the beginning were supplied on paper in the 16th century.[2]

History

The manuscript once was a part of Colbert's collection.[2] Gregory assigned it by 33^a.[2] It was examined by Paulin Martin.[4]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3),[5] but it was used for the Editio Critica Maior.[6]

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 382) 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. 228. 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. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 173.
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.
6. List of manuscripts chosen for the Editio Critica Maior of Acts INTF