Lectionary 96

Lectionary ℓ 96

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion, Apostolos
Date	16th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	21.8 cm by 14.5 cm

Lectionary 96, designated by siglum ℓ 96 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains lessons from the books of New Testament lectionary (Evangelistarion, Apostolos) with some lacunae at the beginning and end. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 171 paper leaves (21.8 cm by 14.5 cm). The writing stands in one column per page, 25 lines per page.[2] It contains short Menologion.

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[3] 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. 115) 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. 224. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. 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. 331.
4. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 1619
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.