Lectionary 25

Lectionary ℓ 25

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	13th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	British Library
Size	24.2 cm by 15.9 cm

Lectionary 25, designated by siglum ℓ 25 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-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 159 parchment leaves (24.2 cm by 15.9 cm), in 1 column per page, 21-23 lines per page.[2]

It is a palimpsest in some parts, the lower earlier text written partly by minuscule, partly by uncial hand. This text is illegible and still unidentified.[1]

History

The text of the lectionary (later text of the palimpsest) was written by Nicephorus at the behest of Nicholas Presbyter.[3]

The codex was merely examined by Griesbach,[4] Bloomfield, and Henri Omont.[5] Gregory saw it in 1883.[2]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[6]

Currently the codex is located in the British Library (Harley MS 5650).[1]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Notes and references

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 220.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 389.
3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 213.
4. J. J. Griesbach, Symbolae Criticae ad supplendas et corrigendas variarum Novi Testamenti lectionum collectiones, 2 vols, Halle 1785-1793, ii.16.
5. H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes xlv (1884) p.347
6. 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, XXIX.

External links

• Images at the British Library