Lectionary 220
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| number = ℓ 220
| image = Lectionary 220 (GA) 0013a.JPG
| isize = 200
| caption= A page of a manuscript, with a decorative drawing in the left margin
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| text = Evangelistarium †
| script = Greek
| date = 13th century
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| now at = University of Michigan
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| size = {{×|20.8|15.8|cm}}
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Lectionary 220, designated by siglum ℓ 220 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th 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
Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener labelled it by 244evl.{{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
| edition = 4th
| year = 1894
| location = London
| volume = 1
| page = 344
| url =
| isbn =
}}
The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium),{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 405
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n417/mode/2up
| isbn =
}} on 161 parchment leaves ({{×|20.8|15.8|cm}}), with only one but large lacuna at the end (ends in Luke 2,59). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The leaf 103 is only 11 cm wide, the leaf 132 is 12.5 cm wide; they were cut off.[http://images.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA_Lect_220/GA_Lect_220.pdf CSNTM description of the manuscript]
It is a palimpsest, the older text is from the 10th century, it was written in one column and 21 lines per page, it contains lessons lectionary, and it was catalogued as Lectionary 2309 on the list Gregory-Aland.
History
File:Lectionary 220 GA 0021a.jpg
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. It has been assigned by the INTF to the 13th century. The name of the scribe is unknown.
Of the history of the codex nothing is known until 1864, when it was in the possession of a dealer at Janina in Epirus. It was then purchased from him by a representative of Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist,{{cite book|last=Parker|first=Franklin|title=George Peabody, a biography|publisher=Vanderbilt University Press|year=1995|pages=107|isbn=0826512569}} along with more than one hundred other Greek manuscripts. They were transported to England in 1870-1871.Robert Mathiesen, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1509440 An Important Greek Manuscript Rediscovered and Redated (Codex Burdett-Coutts III.42)], The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan., 1983), pp. 131-133. The manuscript was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, and was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts II. 16), in London, where was housed to the year 1922. In 1922 it was acquired for the University of Michigan. The manuscript was examined and described by K. W. Clark.Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago, 1937), pp. 321-322.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 244) and Gregory (number 220). 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 housed at the University of Michigan (Ms. 83) in Ann Arbor.
See also
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Notes and references
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Bibliography
- Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago, 1937), pp. 321–322.
External links
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- [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_Lect_220 Images of Lectionary 220] at the CSNTM
{{Manuscripts purchased by Angela Burdett-Coutts}}
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Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries