Lectionary 51

Lectionary ℓ 51

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	14th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	State Historical Museum
Size	21.5 cm by 16.5 cm

Lectionary 51, designated by siglum ℓ 51 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 44 paper leaves (21.5 cm by 16.5 cm), with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page, in Greek minuscule letters.[1] The leaves are arranged in quarto, it has pictures.[2]

History

The manuscript was examined by Matthaei.[2] Currently the codex is located in the State Historical Museum, (V. 20, S. 474) in Moscow.[1]

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

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. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 392.
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. XXX.