Lectionary 197, designated by siglum 197 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 205evl.[3]

Lectionary 197
New Testament manuscript
TextApostolarion
Date15th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBodleian Library
Size21.5 cm by 15.5 cm
Handsplendid

Description edit

The codex contains three lessons from the Epistles lectionary (Apostolarium).[3][4] Only 8 leaves (21.5 cm by 15.5 cm) of the codex have survived. The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on paper, in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[1][2][4]

History edit

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century.[4] Today it is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[1][2]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 205). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

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

Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Canonici Gr. 126, fol 252–259) at Oxford.[1][2]

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 230. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ a b c d INTF
  3. ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 341.
  4. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 403.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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.

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