Lectionary 62

Lectionary ℓ 62

New Testament manuscript
Text	Apostolos
Date	12th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	State Historical Museum
Size	25.5 cm by 18.5 cm

Lectionary 62, designated by siglum ℓ 62 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles. It is a lectionary (Apostolos) with lacunae at the end.[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 276 parchment leaves (25.5 cm by 18.5 cm), in one column per page, in 24 (and more) lines per page.[1]

History

The manuscript was brought from Constantinople. It was examined by Matthaei. I was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[2]

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

Currently the codex is located in the State Historical Museum, (V. 23, S. 304) in Moscow.[1]

See also

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

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. 222. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 369.
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.

Further reading

• C. F. Matthaei, Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine (Riga, 1782-1788).