Lectionary 204
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| number = ℓ 204
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| text = Evangelistarium
| script = Greek
| date = 11th century
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| now at = Bodleian Library
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| size = {{×|23|17.5|cm}}
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| hand = beautiful copy
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Lectionary 204, designated by siglum ℓ 204 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th 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 = 231
| url =
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2
}}[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the INTF
Scrivener labelled it by 212evl.{{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
| edition = 4th
| year = 1894
| location = London
| page = 342
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The manuscript has complex context.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 305 parchment leaves ({{×|23|17.5|cm}}).{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| publisher =
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 404
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n417/mode/2up
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The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 10 lines per page. It contains musical notes. According to Scrivener it is "a very beautiful copy".
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 11th century. It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 11th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 212) and Gregory (number 204). Gregory saw it in 1883.
The manuscript is not 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.
The codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Rawl. G. 2) at Oxford.
See also
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Notes and references
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| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| publisher =
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 404
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n417/mode/2up
| isbn =
}}
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Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries
Category:11th-century biblical manuscripts
Category:Bodleian Library collection
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