| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Evangelistarium † |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bodleian Library |
| Size | 25 cm by 19.5 cm |
Lectionary 208, designated by siglum ℓ 208 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1068.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 215evl.[3] The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 217 parchment leaves (25 cm by 19.5 cm), with some lacunae.[3][4] The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[1][2] It contains musical notes and pictures.[4][3] The manuscript contains two leaves (first and last), with the text of the Old Testament, being to be earlier.[3]
There are daily lessons from Easter to Pentecost.[1]
History
According to the colophon it was written by Leontius, a monk, in A.D. 1068.[4]
Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 11th century.[3][4] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 12th century.[1][2]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 215) and Gregory (number 208). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
The codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Wake 15) at Oxford.[1][2]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 231. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c d Handschriftenliste at the INTF
- ^ a b c d e 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. 342.
- ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 404.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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.
Bibliography
- Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200, ed. Kirsopp Lake and Silva Lake (Boston) V, 194
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