Lectionary 72 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. It is designated by siglum ℓ 72 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the year 13th-century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarion |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 25 cm by 19.3 cm |
Description edit
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke's lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 187 parchment leaves (25 cm by 19.3 cm), 2 columns per page, 20-29 lines per page.[2]
Three first leaves of the volume came from another manuscript written in the 9th-century in uncial letters. It is another lectionary ℓ 1358.[1]
History edit
The manuscript was written by Nicolas. According to the colophon it was written in 1275.[3]
It was partially examined and described by Scholz and Paulin Martin.[4] Henri Omont made a new description of the codex. 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 (Gr. 290, fol. 4-190) in Paris.[1]
See also edit
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. 222. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. pp. 393–394.
- ^ 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. 332.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 151
- ^ 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.
Bibliography edit
- Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe et XIIIe siècle (Paris, 1892), 20.