Lectionary 211

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book) containing lessons (or readings, also known as lectons) from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke (Evangelistarium), on 209 parchment leaves ({{×|31.2|20.5|cm}}).{{r|Scrivener}}{{Cite book | first=Caspar René | last=Gregory | author-link=Caspar René Gregory | title=Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | volume=1 | page=405 | year=1900 | publisher=J. C. Hinrichs | location=Leipzig | url=https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n417/mode/2up}}

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 28-30 lines per page.{{r|Aland|INTF}} It contains pictures.{{r|Scrivener|Gregory}} It is a palimpsest, the lower text contains a Menaion, for January, written in minuscule letters in the 11th century.{{r|Aland}}

The first leaf contains the history of St. Varus and six martyrs.{{r|Scrivener}} There are weekday Gospel lessons.{{r|Aland}} It contains the text of Matthew 16:2b–3, Luke 22:43-44, and John 8:3-11 (dedicated to Pelagia).{{r|Gregory}}

; Some notable readings

{{bibleref|Luke|9:35}}

: {{lang|el|αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα}} (beloved, in whom I am well pleased) — ℓ 211 Codex Ephraemi D Ψ ℓ 19 ℓ 31 ℓ 47 ℓ 48 ℓ 49 ℓ 49 ℓ 183 ℓ 183{{sup|m}}

: omit - Majority of manuscripts{{Cite book | title=The Greek New Testament | editor-first1=Kurt | editor-last1=Aland | editor1-link=Kurt Aland | editor-first2=Matthew | editor-last2=Black | editor2-link=Matthew Black | editor-first3=Carlo Maria | editor-last3=Martini | editor3-link=Carlo Maria Martini | editor-first4=Bruce Manning | editor-last4=Metzger | editor4-link=Bruce Metzger | editor-first5=Allen | editor-last5=Wikgren | editor5-link=Allen Wikgren | edition=3rd | year=1983 | publisher=United Bible Societies | location=Stuttgart | isbn=9783438051103 }} (UBS3){{rp|246}}For more details of the variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the Gospel of Luke.

{{bibleref|John|4:51}}

: {{lang|el|υιος σου}} (my son) — ℓ 211 {{papyrus link|66}}{{sup|c}} D K L Π 33 892 1071 1079 1216 1230 1241 + others

: {{lang|el|παις σου}} (my child) - Γ Δ Θ Ψ Family 1 565 700 1424 Majority of manuscripts Syriac versions of the Bible#Later Syriac versions ; Origen{{r|ubs3|p=336}}

{{bibleref|John|6:42}}

: {{lang|el|την μητερα και τον πατερα}} (His mother and His father) - ℓ 211

: {{lang|el|τον πατερα και την μητερα}} (His father and His mother) - Majority of manuscripts{{r|ubs3|p=346}}

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown.{{r|Scrivener|Gregory}} Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, though biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory dated it to the 12th or 13th century.{{r|Scrivener|Gregory}} It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.{{r|Aland|INTF}} The manuscript is cited in numerous releases of the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3,{{r|ubs3|p=XXVIII}} UBS4.{{Cite book | title=The Greek New Testament | editor-first1=Kurt| editor-last1=Aland | editor1-link=Kurt Aland | editor-first2=Barbara | editor-last2=Aland | editor2-link=Barbara Aland | editor-first3=Johannes | editor-last3=Karavidopoulos | editor3-link=Johannes Karavidopoulos | editor-first4=Carlo Maria | editor-last4=Martini | editor4-link=Carlo Maria Martini | editor-first5=Bruce Manning | editor-last5=Metzger | editor5-link=Bruce Metzger | edition=4 | page=21 | year=2001 | publisher=United Bible Societies | isbn=978-3-438-05110-3 }} (UBS4)).

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 218), and Gregory (number 211). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.{{r|Gregory}} The manuscript is currently located in the Bodleian Library (shelf number Wake 18) at Oxford, England.{{r|Aland|INTF}}

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