Lectionary 49, designated by siglum 49 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th- or 11th-century.[1]

Lectionary 49
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarion
Date10th-century
ScriptGreek
Now atState Historical Museum
Size32.7 cm by 23.7 cm

Description edit

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 437 parchment leaves (32.7 cm by 23.7 cm). It is written in two columns per page, in 23 lines per page, in Greek minuscule letters.[1] It contains pictures.[2]

Matthew 10:12

It reads λεγοντες ειρηνη τω οικω τουτω for αυτην – the reading is supported by manuscripts: Sinaiticus*,2, Bezae, Regius, Washingtonianus, Koridethi, Φ f1 22 99 237 251 1010, (1424), it vgcl.[3]

Mark 6:33

It has textual reading ἐκεῖ καὶ προῆλθον αὐτούς along with Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, 0187 (omit εκει), 892, 69, 70, 299, 303, 333, 1579, ( 950 αυτους), itaur, vg, (copsa, bo).[4]

Luke 9:35

It uses the longest reading αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα — as in codices C3, Codex Bezae, Codex Athous Lavrensis, 19, 31, 47, 48, 183, 183m, 211m;[5]

History edit

The manuscript was presented in 1312 by Nicephorus, metropolite of Crete, to the monastery of the Birth of God Brontochiu. It was examined by Matthaei.[6]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[7]

Currently the codex is located in the State Historical Museum, (V. 12, S. 225) in Moscow.[1]

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. 221. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. ^ 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. 331.
  3. ^ Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, Barbara Aland and Kurt Aland (eds), Novum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1991), p. 24
  4. ^ UBS3, p. 144.
  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), p. 246.
  6. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 392.
  7. ^ 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), p. XXX.