Lectionary 180

Lectionary ℓ 180

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion †
Date	14th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Harvard University
Size	21 cm by 15.3 cm

Lectionary 180, designated by siglum ℓ 180 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 202 parchment leaves (21 cm by 15.3 cm), in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[1] The leaves at the beginning (1-8) and end were supplied on paper.[2]

History

M. Schauffler brought the manuscript from Constantinople to America.[2]

Scholz gave number 180 for the manuscript 155.[2]

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

Currently the codex is located in the Harvard University, (Theol. Libr., Ms. 21) at Cambridge.[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. 402.
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

• G. C. Whipple, A Collation of the Lectionary of the Four Gospels, l 180, with the Textus Receptus, Boston University, 1947.
• K. W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago, 1937), pp. 3-4.