Lectionary 90

Lectionary ℓ 90

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	1553
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	29.6 cm by 20.1 cm

Lectionary 90, designated by siglum ℓ 90 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1553.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 208 paper leaves (29.6 cm by 20.1 cm). The writing is in 2 columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2]

It contains the Pericope Adulterae (John 8:3-11).[3] It contains musical notes.[2]

History

The manuscript was written by Stephen, a scribe.[3] The manuscript once belonged to Colbert's (as were ℓ 87, ℓ 88, ℓ 89, ℓ 91, ℓ 99, ℓ 100, ℓ 101).[3]

Scholz examined some parts of it. 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 (Gr. 317) in Paris.[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. 223. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 395.
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. 159.
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.

Bibliography

• Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 159