Lectionary 36

Lectionary ℓ 36

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	10th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Vatican Library
Size	34 cm by 25.2 cm

Lectionary 36, designated by siglum ℓ 36 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with lacunae. It is written in Greek uncial letters, on 268 parchment leaves (34 cm by 25.2 cm), in two columns per page, in 21 lines per page,[1] 13 letters per page.[2]

History

The manuscript was examined by Giuseppe Bianchini, Italian palaeographer, and Andreas Birch, Danish palaeographer.[2]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[3]

Currently the codex is located in the Vatican Library (Vat. Gr. 1067) in Rome.[1]

See also

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

Notes and references

1. Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 221.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 390.
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), p. XXIX.