Lectionary 181
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| number = ℓ 181
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| name = Parham Evangelistarium Unciale
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| text = Evangelistarion †
| script = Greek
| date = 980
| found = 1837
| now at = British Library
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| size = 31.3 by 22 cm
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| hand = beautifully written
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Lectionary 181, designated by siglum ℓ 181 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Dated by a colophon to the year 980.{{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 = 229
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| isbn = 3-11-011986-2
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Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 234e (Scrivener).{{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
| pages = 343–344
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Description
The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 222 parchment leaves (31.3 cm by 22 cm), with some lacunae. It is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 22 lines per page. It is beautifully written.
History
The manuscript was written by Nicholas for bishop Stephanus from Ciscissa, in Cappadocia Prima. It was brought by Lord de la Zouche, from Caracalla at Mount Athos in 1837. A note dated 1049 is subjoined by a reviser, who perhaps made the numerous changes in the text, and added two Lessons in cursive letters.
The manuscript was collated by Scrivener, and slightly examined by Gregory in 1883.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
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| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 402
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n415/mode/2up
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The manuscript is sporadically 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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.
Currently the codex is located in the British Library, (Add. 39602) at London.
See also
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Notes and references
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Bibliography
- F. H. A. Scrivener, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh0DAAAAQAAJ An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis] (Cambridge and London, 1859), pp. L-LII. (as P)
- Kirsopp Lake and Silva Lake, Dated Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200, vol. IX, (Boston, 1939), 362.
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Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries
Category:10th-century biblical manuscripts
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