Lectionary 164

Lectionary ℓ 164

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolarion
Date	1172
Script	Greek
Now at	Christ Church, Oxford
Size	28.7 by 21.2 cm

Lectionary 164, designated by siglum ℓ 164 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on parchment leaves. It is dated by a colophon in the year 1172.[1] Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 58^a.[2]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts and Epistles lectionary (Apostolarion).[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 265 parchment leaves (28.7 by 21.2 cm), in two columns per page, 23 lines per page.[1] It contains musical notes and Menologion.[3]

History

The manuscript was written by Nikon for the monastery of the St. Nicolas.[3] It was examined by Scholz.[2]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]

Currently the codex is located in the Christ Church (Wake 33) at Oxford.[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. 467.
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. 370.
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), p. XXIX.