Lectionary 136
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| form = Lectionary | number = ℓ 136 | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Evangelistarion | script = Greek | date = 12th century | found = | now at = Vatican Library | cite = | size = | type = | cat = | hand = | note =
Lectionary 136, designated by siglum ℓ 136 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | authorlink = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 226 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 3-11-011986-2
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 165 parchment leaves (), with some lacunae at the beginning and end. The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one columns per page, 23 lines per page.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | page = 399 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n411/mode/2up | isbn = It is a palimpsest, the younger text is the Lectionary 135.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4th | page = 336 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 | publisher = | year = 1894 | location = London | page = 331 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = It was examined by Scholz and Gregory.
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
Currently the codex is located in the Vatican Library (Barberin. gr. 472) in Rome.
Bibliography
- J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments.
References
- ''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.
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