Lectionary 41, designated ℓ 41 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th-century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarion |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Escorial |
| Size | 25.2 cm by 18.2 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Hand | very elegant |
Description edit
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 204 parchment leaves (25.2 cm by 18.2 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 21 lines per page, in Greek uncial letters.[1] It contains musical notes.[2]
It contains an elegantly written menologion (like in codex 43)[3]
History edit
Formerly the manuscript belonged to Hurtado de Mendoza. It was examined by Moldenhauer, Emmanuel Miller,[4] and Wilhelm Regel, professor in Petersburg.[3]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
Currently the codex is located in the Escorial (X. III. 12) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial.[1]
See also edit
Notes and references edit
- ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 221. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 391.
- ^ a b F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1861), p. 214.
- ^ Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 399.
- ^ 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.