Lectionary 178

Lectionary ℓ 178

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolarion †
Date	9th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Leipzig University
Size	24.7 by 17.7 cm

Lectionary 178, designated by siglum ℓ 178 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 9th century.[1] Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 71^a (Scrivener),[2] 80^a (Gregory).[3]

Description

The originally codex contained Lessons from the Acts, Catholic, and Pauline epistles lectionary (Apostolarion), but major part of it is lost. It has numerous lacunae. In present-day it contains only one leaf with the text of Hebrews 1:3-12.[3]

The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 1 parchment leaf (24.7 by 17.7 cm), in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.[1]

History

The manuscript was brought from the East by Tischendorf. It was examined by C. R. Gregory in 1884.[3]

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

Currently the codex is located in the Leipzig University Library (Cod. Gr. 69).[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 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 371.
3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. 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.

Bibliography

• C. von Tischendorf, Anecdota sacra et profana (Leipzig, 1861), p. 37-38.