Lectionary 1637

New Testament manuscript

Lectionary ℓ 1637New Testament manuscript

Text| Evangelistarion
Date| 9th century
Script| Greek
Now at| University of Michigan
Size| 30 by 26 cm

Lectionary 1637, or ℓ 1637 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on parchment leaves, dated paleographically to the 9th century.[1]

## Description

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It is written in Greek Uncial letters on 144 leaves (30 by 26 cm), 2 columns per page. The codex contains some Lessons from the four Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium). The manuscript contains several library inserts. It is a palimpsest. The upper text is written in a minuscule hand.

It was described by Kenneth Willis Clark.

The codex now is located in the University of Michigan (MS. 37) in Ann Arbor.[1]

## See also

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* List of New Testament lectionaries
* Textual criticism

## References

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1. ^ a b K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994).

## Further reading

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* K. W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago: 1937), pp. 314-315.

## External links

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* Lectionary 1637 at the CSNTM