Lectionary 215

Lectionary ℓ 215
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium
Date13th or 14th century
ScriptGreek
Now at?
Size24 cm by 18 cm

Lectionary 215, designated by siglum ℓ 215 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th or 14th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 240evl.[3]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 137 parchment leaves (24 cm by 18 cm),[4] with some lacunae.[3] The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 25-29 lines per page.[1][2][4]

In John 1:18 it has μονογενης without υιος.[4]

Several different leaves at the end (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th leaves) are palimpsests, from the 10th century, are written in uncial letters, in two columns per page, 32 lines per page (almost illegible).[3] According to Gregory they have text from Book of Job and 1 Peter.[4]

There are daily lessons from Easter to Pentecost.[1]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[3][4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 13th or 14th century.[1][2]

Of the history of the codex nothing is known until 1864, when it was in the possession of a dealer at Janina in Epeiros. It was then purchased from him by a representative of Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist,[5] along with other Greek manuscripts.[4] They were transported to England in 1870-1871.[6] The manuscript was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, and was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts I. 8), in London.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 240) and Gregory (number 215). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[7]

The owner of the codex is unknown. The last place of its housing was Sotheby's.[1][2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 231. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ a b c d Handschriftenliste at the INTF
  3. ^ a b c d 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. 344.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 405.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Parker, Franklin (1995). George Peabody, a biography. Vanderbilt University Press. p. 107. ISBN 0826512569.
  6. ^ Robert Mathiesen, An Important Greek Manuscript Rediscovered and Redated (Codex Burdett-Coutts III.42), The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan., 1983), pp. 131-133.
  7. ^ 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.

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