Lectionary 13
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Lectionary 13, designated by siglum ℓ 13 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century. Formerly it was known as Colbertinus 1241 or Regius 1982.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 283 parchment leaves (37 cm by 25.7 cm), 2 columns per page, 18 lines per page, 11-14 letters per line.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = J. C. Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 388 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n401/mode/2up The codex is one of the most beautifully written. The first seven pages in gold, the next fifteen in vermillon, the rest in black ink. It contains pictures.
In Matthew 23:35 phrase υιου βαραχιου (son of Barachi'ah) is omitted; this significant omission is supported only by Codex Sinaiticus, 59 (by the first hand), two other Evangelistaria (ℓ 6 and ℓ 185), and Eusebius.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 342
In Luke 15:21 it has additional reading ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου; the reading is supported by Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, Monacensis, 33, 700, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1253, 1344, ℓ 15, ℓ 60, ℓ 80, ℓ 185.
History
Formerly it was held in the Mount Athos. Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Fonds Coislin, Gr. 31) in Paris.
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 72 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} It was examined by Scholz, and Paulin Martin. Gregory saw it in 1885. Constantin von Tischendorf confused it with Lectionary 17.
Bibliography
- Bernard de Montfaucon, Biblioteca Coisliniana (Paris, 1715), pp. 84 ff.
References
- [[Kurt Aland. K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', (Berlin, New York: [[Walter de Gruyter]], 1994), p. 219.
- [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener. F. H. A. Scrivener]], "[[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]]" ([[George Bell & Sons]]: London 1861), p. 212.
- ''The Greek New Testament'', ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and [[Allen Wikgren. A. Wikgren]], in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. 277.
- ''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), p. XXIX.
- [[Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]], ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 141
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