Lectionary 1602, designated by 1602 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a CopticGreek bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves, dated paleographically to the 8th century.[1][2]

Lectionary 1602
New Testament manuscript
Coptic text
Coptic text
TextEvangelistarion
Date8th century
ScriptCoptic / Greek diglot
Now atUniversity of Michigan
Size36.2 by 28.4 cm

Description edit

The text is written in Greek Uncial letters, on 88 parchment leaves (36.2 by 28.4 cm), in 2 columns per page, and 28 lines per page.[1]

The codex contains Lessons from the four Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium).

It has two endings to the Gospel of Mark (as in codices Codex Regius Ψ 099 0112 274mg 579).[3]

The codex is now located in the University of Michigan (P. Mich. Inv., Nr. 4942, 1 fol.) in Ann Arbor.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994).
  2. ^ Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  3. ^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, p. 77.

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