Lectionary 81

New Testament manuscript

Lectionary ℓ 81New Testament manuscript

Text| Evangelistarion
Date| 14th-century
Script| Greek
Now at| Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size| 29.6 cm by 23 cm

Lectionary 81, designated by siglum ℓ 81 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th-century.[1]

## Description[edit]

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 197 parchment leaves (29.6 cm by 23 cm). The writing stands in 2 columns per page, 22 lines per page.[2] Some passages were supplied in the 15th century on cotton parer.[2][3]

## History[edit]

The manuscript probably was written in Egypt.[3] Scholz examined major part of it.[2] 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. 305) in Paris.[1]

## See also[edit]

* List of New Testament lectionaries
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 223\. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1\. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 394.
3. ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 333.
4. ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 155.
5. ^ 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.