Lectionary 1686

Lectionary ℓ 1686

New Testament manuscript
folio 4v and folio 5r
Text	Apostolos
Date	16th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bible Museum Münster
Size	20.5 by 15 cm

Lectionary 1686, designated by symbol ℓ 1686 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, written on paper leaves, it dates paleographically to the 16th century.[1]

Description

It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 184 paper leaves (20.5 by 15 cm), 1 column per page, 17 lines per page. The codex contains some Lessons from the Acts of the Apostles and Catholic epistles (Apostolos) with some lacunae.[1] It has breathings and accents. The initial letters in red and decorated; the nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way. It contains marginal notes. The text is rarely corrected. It contains Menologion.

In Ephesian 6:14 phrase και ενδυσαμενοι τον θωρακα της δικαιοσυνης is omitted, but it was added at the margin.

History

Formerly it was held in the Iviron monastery (825) at Athos peninsula.

The codex now is located in the Bible Museum Münster (MS. 13).[1]

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See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Textual criticism
• Bible Museum Münster

References

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994).

External links

• Lectionary 1686 at the CSNTM
• Manuscripts of the Bible Museum