Lectionary 53

Lectionary ℓ 53

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion, Apostolos
Date	15th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	State Historical Museum
Size	21.8 cm by 14.4 cm

Lectionary 53, designated by siglum ℓ 53 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[1]

Description

The codex is an Euchologium with lessons from the New Testament lectionary (Apostoloevangelia), on 332 paper leaves (21.8 cm by 14.4 cm), with some lacunae.[1] The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page, in Greek minuscule letters.[2]

History

The manuscript came from the monastery of Simenus on the Athos.[3] The manuscript was examined by Matthaei.[2]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]

Currently the codex is located in the State Historical Museum, (V. 262, S. 280) in Moscow.[1]

See also

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

Notes and references

1. Aland, Kurt; 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. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 331.
4. 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.