Lectionary 177

Lectionary ℓ 177

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolarion †
Date	11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	British Library
Size	19.8 cm by 14.5 cm

Lectionary 177, designated by siglum ℓ 177 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[1] Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 75^a (Scrivener),[2] 79^a (Gregory).[3]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts, Catholic, and Pauline epistles lectionary (Apostolarion), on 86 parchment leaves (19.8 cm by 14.5 cm), with lacunae. It has some lessons from the Old Testament (leaves 52–54) for 23 September.[3] Some of leaves in disorder.[3]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 22-23 lines per page.[1]

Three lessons from 1 John 3:21—4:6; 4:9—16; 4:20—5:5, 1 Peter 1:3—8; 1:13—19; 2:11—24.[3]

History

The manuscript was examined by Gregory in 1883.[3]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]

Currently the codex is located in the British Library, (Additional manuscripts 11841) at London.[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. 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. pp. 371–372.
3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 469.
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.