Lectionary 198, designated by siglum 198 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 206evl.[3]

Lectionary 198
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarion
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBodleian Library
Size29.5 cm by 23 cm

Description edit

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 276 parchment leaves (29.5 cm by 23 cm).[1][2][4] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.[1][2] It contains musical notes.[4] Some leaves were bound up in disorder. The manuscript is "splendid but spoiled by damp".[3]

There are weekday Gospel lessons.[1]

History edit

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[3][4] Today it is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[1][2]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 206). 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 (E. D. Clarke 45) at Oxford.[1][2]

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Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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 e INTF
  3. ^ a b c 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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