Lectionary 157

Lectionary ℓ 157

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion †
Date	1253
Script	Greek
Now at	Bodleian Library
Size	20.5 by 17 cm

Lectionary 157, designated by siglum ℓ 157 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 1253.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke, and Mark lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae.[2] The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 199 parchment leaves (20.5 by 17 cm), in two columns per page, 23 lines per page.[1][3]

History

The manuscript was a written by Demetrius Brizopoulos.[3] The manuscript was examined by Scholz 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 Bodleian Library (E. D. Clarke 8).[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 (4 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.