Lectionary 63

Lectionary ℓ 63

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	9th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	28.6 cm by 20.9 cm

Lectionary 63, designated by siglum ℓ 63 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is a lectionary (Evangelistarion). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, and Gospel of Luke with lacunae at the beginning and end.[2] It is written in Greek uncial letters, on 158 parchment leaves (28.6 cm by 20.9 cm). The writing stands in two columns per page, in 22 lines per page.[1]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[3] It was examined by Henri Omont[4] and Paulin Martin.[5] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[2]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[6]

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 277), in Paris.[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. 222. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 393.
3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 215.
4. Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe et XIIIe siècle (Paris, 1892), 19.
5. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N.T., conservé dans les bibliothès des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 47
6. 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

• Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèques Nationale du IVe et XIIIe siècle (Paris, 1892), 19.