Lectionary 253
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| text = Evangelistarium
| script = Greek
| date = 1020
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Lectionary 253, designated by siglum ℓ 253 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1020. Scrivener labelled it as 196evl.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium), with numerous lacunae,{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| publisher =
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 408
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n421/mode/2up
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on 169 parchment leaves ({{×|18.4|15.1|cm}}).{{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 = 234
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| isbn = 3-11-011986-2
}}[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the INTF It contains 174 lessons from the Gospel of John.
The text is written in Greek large minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 19-21 lines per page. It has breathings; error of itacism.
The lessons of the codex were red from Easter to Pentecost.
In John 14:14 the entire verse is omitted along with the manuscripts: X f1 565 1009 1365 ℓ 76 Codex Veronensis vgmss Syriac Sinaiticus syrpal arm geo Diatessaron.UBS3, p. 390.
History
According to the colophon it was written in Salerno, in 1020. The name of the scribe was Michael.
The manuscript was examined and described by Peter P. Dubrovsky and Eduard de Muralt.Eduard de Muralt, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dc4WAAAAQAAJ Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique] (Petersburg 1864), pp. 41-42 (as LXXI)
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 196){{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 = 341
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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), p. XXX.
Currently the codex is housed at the Russian National Library (Gr. 71) in Saint Petersburg.
See also
Notes and references
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Bibliography
- Eduard de Muralt, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dc4WAAAAQAAJ Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique] (Petersburg 1864), pp. 41–42 (as LXXI)
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Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries