Lectionary 71

Lectionary ℓ 71

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	1066
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	31.7 cm by 22.8 cm

Lectionary 71, designated by siglum ℓ 71 (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 1066.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae supplemented on paper. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 159 parchment leaves (31.7 cm by 22.8 cm), 2 columns per page, 25-27 lines per page.[2] It contains subscriptions.

History

The manuscript was written by presbyter John for monk Georg.[3]

It was partially examined by Scholz.[2] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin[4] and Henri Omont.[5]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[6]

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 289) in Paris.[1]

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. 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 (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 332.
4. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 151
5. Henri Omont, Fac-similés des manuscrits grecs dates de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IXe et XIVe siècle (Paris, 1891), 32.
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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

Bibliography

• Henri Omont, Fac-similés des manuscrits grecs dates de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IXe et XIVe siècle (Paris, 1891), 32.