Lectionary 187
Lectionary 187, designated by siglum ℓ187 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts) is a Greek New Testament manuscript written on parchment. Biblical scholar Scrivener labelled it by 256e. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has several gaps. It forms part of the British Library Arundel Manuscripts.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
 Folio 170, the decorated head-piece at the top | |
| Name | Arundel 547 |
|---|---|
| Text | Evangelistarion † |
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 23.7 cm by 15.2 cm |
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing lessons (known as lectons) from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) and the Epistles.[2][3] The manuscript has three leaves missing from the beginning, which were supplemented by a later hand on paper, probably in the 15th century.[3] They are unfoliated modern paper flyleaves, numbered as leaves I-III. The leaves 172-173 were supplemented by a later hand on parchment.[4]
It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 217 parchment leaves (23.7 cm by 15.2 cm). The writing is in black ink, one column per page, with 23-27 lines per page.[1] It contains musical notes in red ink[3], and decorated head-pieces also in red ink.[4] The initial letters are written in the margin in large letters, using either red and yellow ink, or red, black, and yellow ink. The codex contains decorations of either zoomorphic (birds, fishes, snake) or anthropomorphic (hands) types.[4]
The lessons of the codex were read during the weekdays from Easter to Pentecost, as well as on Saturdays.[1]
History
The codex was likely written in the eastern Mediterranean.[4] It was presented by Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, to the Royal Society in London in 1667. In 1831, it was bought from the Royal Society in London along with 549 Arundel manuscripts, and transferred to the British Museum.[4] It was rebound in 1897.[4]
The manuscript was examined by textual critic Bloomfield.[3] Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (as 256), and Gregory later included it in his widely popular list (as 187).[2][3] The textual variants in the codex have some sporadic citations in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.[5] It is usually dated to the 13th century,[1][6][3] and sometimes to the 12th century.[4]
The codex is currently located in the British Library (shelf number MS Arundel 536) in London.[1][6]
Notes and references
- Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 230. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- 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. 345.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 402.
- Arundel 536
- Aland, Kurt; Black, Matthew; Martini, Carlo Maria; Metzger, Bruce Manning; Wikgren, Allen, eds. (1983). The Greek New Testament (3rd ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. XXVIII, XXX. ISBN 9783438051103. (UBS3)
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
Bibliography
- Edward Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1697), III, no. 3442.
- Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: The British Museum, 1834–1840), I, part I: The Arundel Manuscripts, pp. 163–64.
- Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts (London: British Library, 1999- ), I, 18–19.
External links
- Description of Lectionary 187 at the British Library
- Digital images of Lectionary 187 at the British Library.