Lectionary 66
Lectionary 66, designated by siglum ℓ 66 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is a lectionary (Evangelistarion). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarion |
|---|---|
| Date | 9th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 28.6 cm by 21.1 cm |
Description
The codex contains lessons from the four Gospels.[2] The text of the Gospels lessons following the Byzantine Church order. It is written in Greek uncial letters, on 275 parchment leaves (28.6 cm by 21.1 cm). The writing stands in two columns per page, in 20 lines per page.[1] It is a palimpsest, text of lectionary is the upper and later text.[1] The older reading was misplaced.[3]
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz, who examined many of its pericopes.[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[4] 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. 283), in Paris.[1]
Notes and references
- 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.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 393.
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 215.
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N.T., conservé dans les bibliothès des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 148
- 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.