Lectionary 61, designated by siglum 61 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is a lectionary (Evangelistarion). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.[1]

Lectionary 61
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarion
Date12th-century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque nationale de France
Size22 cm by 19 cm

Description edit

Survived only one leaf of the codex with two lessons from the Gospel of Matthew (26:67-72) and Gospel of John (19:10-20).[2] It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 1 parchment leaf (22 cm by 19 cm), in two columns per page, in 26 lines per page.[1]

History edit

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[3]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[4]

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 182, fol. 342), in Paris.[1] It was rebound with minuscule 729 (folios 1-341).

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 222. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 393.
  3. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 215.
  4. ^ 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.