Lectionary 40
Lectionary 40, designated by siglum ℓ 40 (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-century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarion |
|---|---|
| Date | 10th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Escorial |
| Size | 29 cm by 25.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Hand | neatly written |
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with lacunae. The text is written in two columns per page, 14 lines per page, in Greek uncial letters, on 207 parchment leaves (29 cm by 25.5 cm).[1][2]
History
The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.[3]
Formerly the manuscript belonged to Maria, Queen of Hungary, who obtained it from John Diassorin.[4] Maria presented the manuscript to Philip II.[2]
Emmanuel Miller who examined all manuscripts housed in the Escorial library did not describe this manuscript.[5]
It was examined by Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer and Andreas Birch.[2] Moldenhawer was allowed to see it for a few hours and collated only 15 lessons (for Andreas Birch).[4]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[6]
Currently the codex is located in the Escorial (Ψ. I. 14) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial.[1]
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. 221. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 391.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- F. H. A. Scrivener (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 214.
- Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 419.
- 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.