Lectionary 175

Lectionary ℓ 175

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolarion
Date	15th century
Script	Greek
Now at	New York Public Library
Size	24.1 by 17.7 cm

Lectionary 175, designated by siglum ℓ 175 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[1] Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 76^a (Gregory).[2]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts, Catholic, and Pauline epistles lectionary (Apostolarion), on 113 paper leaves (24.1 cm by 17.7 cm). It is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[1] It is a palimpsest, the lower text is in Arabic.[1]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Meerman, then to T. Williams, then to Herzog von Sussex. Caspar René Gregory saw the manuscript in 1895.[2]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[3]

Currently the codex is located in the New York Public Library, (Rare Books and Manuscripts Divisions, Ms. 103) at New York City.[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. 229. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 469.
3. 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.

Bibliography

• K. W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America, Chicago: The Chicago of University Press, 1937, pp. 142-144.