Lectionary 150

The manuscript is written in compressed Greek Uncial letters, on 374 parchment leaves (35.2 cm by 26.7 cm), in 2 columns per page, 21 lines per page, with ornaments. The capital letters and nomina sacra are in red ink. The codex includes ten leaves of paper containing a series of Lessons from the Gospels, John, Matthew and the Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The image shows the text of John 1:18.

It is one of the most beautiful lectionary codices, with a scribal date of 27 May 995 A.D. 'It is a most splendid specimen of the uncial class of Evangelistaria, and its text presents many instructive variations.'{{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

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4th

| volume = 1

| pages = 336–337

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It also contains musical notation.

File:Lectionary 150 (British Library Harley MS 5598) f 376v colophon - written by presbyter Constantine, dated 27 May 995.jpg

According to the colophon it was written by a presbyter called Constantine.{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher =

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| page = 466

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n413/mode/2up

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The manuscript came from Constantinople. In 1677 John Covel, chaplain of the English embassy in Constantinople, purchased this manuscript. It was shown by him to John Mill (1645-1707),J. Mill, Novum Testamentum, Prolegomena § 1426. in London. From Covel it was purchased – together with other manuscripts – by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford.

It was collated by Bloomfield and examined by Woide.

The manuscript is often cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).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. XXVIII. It is not cited in UBS4.The Greek New Testament, ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 4th revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21, {{ISBN|978-3-438-05110-3}}.

The codex is now located in the British Library (Harley MS 5598).{{r|Aland}}

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

{{Reflist}}

• F. H. A. Scrivener, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh0DAAAAQAAJ An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis, to which is added a full Collation of Fifty Manuscripts], London 1859, pp. 47–50.
• Henri Omont, Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum, Bibliothèque de l’École des Chartes, 45 (1884), p. 337.
• Edward Maunde Thompson, [https://archive.org/stream/greeklatin00thomuoft#page/216/mode/2up An introduction to Greek and Latin palaeography], Clarendon Press: Oxford 1912, p. 216.

• [https://bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6972 Harley MS 5598] at the British Library
• {{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=INTF|accessdate=7 April 2011|location=Münster}}

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