Lectionary 85

Lectionary ℓ 85
New Testament manuscript
TextOT and NT lectionary
Date12th/13th-century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque nationale de France
Size29.8 cm by 22.8 cm

Lectionary 85, designated by siglum ℓ 85 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th or 13th-century.[1]

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the New Testament lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 248 parchment leaves (29.8 cm by 22.8 cm). The writing stands in 2 columns per page, 48-55 lines per page.[2] It contains Menaion, with lessons 7 September – 27 January. Some of leaves are in disorder.[2] It has also lessons from the Old Testament.[3]

History

Scholz examined partially some of its passages.[2] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[4] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[2]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 33) in Paris.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 223. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 394-394.
  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. 333.
  4. ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 157.
  5. ^ 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.