Lectionary 332

Lectionary ℓ 332

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarium †
Date	14th-century
Script	Greek
Found	1874
Now at	British Library
Size	33.2 cm by 25 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type

Lectionary 332 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 332 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering)[1] is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, Luke (Evangelistarium), with lacunae[2] on 295 parchment leaves. The leaves are measured (33.2 cm by 25 cm).[3][4]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[3][4] It has illuminated head-pieces and initial letters.[5]

The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons according to the Byzantine Church order.[3][4]

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the late 11th century. According to Gregory it was written in the 14th century.[5] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 14th century.[3][4]

It was purchased for the British Museum in 1874.[2]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (62^e)[5] and Gregory (number 332^e).[2] Gregory saw it in 1883.[2]

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library (Add MS 29713) in London.[3][4]

The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,[6] NA28[7]).

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Lectionary 331

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 133.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 416.
3. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 239. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
4. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
5. 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. 332.
6. Aland, B.; Aland, K.; J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. Metzger, A. Wikgren (1993). The Greek New Testament (4 ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. 21*. ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.
7. Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece. communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 814. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4.

Bibliography

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 416.

External links

• "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 1 October 2013.