Lectionary 7

Lectionary ℓ 7

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion †
Date	1204
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Size	30.9 cm by 23.2 cm

Lectionary 7, designated by siglum ℓ 7 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1204.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium) with lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 316 parchment leaves (30.9 cm by 23.2 cm), 2 columns per page, 23 lines per page.[1] It contains music notes.[2]

History

The manuscript was written by priest Georg Rhodiu (from Rhodos?).[2]

The manuscript once belonged to Colbert, as lectionaries ℓ 8, ℓ 9, ℓ 10, ℓ 11, ℓ 12. It was examined and described by Montfaucon, Wettstein, Scholz,[3] and Paulin Martin.[4] It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.[5] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[2]

The text was edited by Henri Omont.[6]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament of UBS (UBS3).[7]

The codex now is located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Gr. 301) at Paris.[1][8]

See also

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

References

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 219
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. pp. 387–388.
3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1861), p. 212.
4. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 138.
5. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens mss. grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe et XIII siècle, (Paris, 1892), p. 18
7. 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.
8. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

Bibliography

• Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens mss. grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe et XIII siècle, (Paris, 1892), p. 18.