Lectionary 3
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| text = Evangelistarion †
| script = Greek
| date = 11th century
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| now at = Lincoln College
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Lectionary 3, designated siglum ℓ 3 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on vellum.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 219. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Scrivener dated to the 10th century.F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 328.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew and Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with lacunae. The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 281 parchment leaves ({{×|29|22.5|cm}}), 2 columns per page, 19 lines per page. Three leaves at the end lost. It contains coloured and gilt illuminations and capitals, and red crosses for stops. It contains a full menologion.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 387
| volume = 1
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n399/mode/2up
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The style of handwriting of this codex bears a striking general resemblance to that of three Gospel manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries: Codex Cyprius, Lectionary 296, and ℓ 1599.William Hatch, A redating of two important uncial manuscripts of the Gospels – Codex Zacynthius and Codex Cyprius, in: Quantulacumque (1937), p. 338
History
The manuscript once belonged to Alexander from Corinth. The manuscript was brought to England from Zante by the botanist and early traveller Sir George Wheler in 1676 with two other documents (68 and 95).
It was examined by John Mill, Wettstein, Scholz, and William Hatch.W. H. P. Hatch, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, LXXII (Cambridge, 1951). It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| authorlink = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| authorlink2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = 72
| url =
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament of UBS (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. XXIX.
The codex is now in Lincoln College, Oxford (Gr. II. 15).{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=40003|title= Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|accessdate=27 August 2011|location=Münster}}
See also
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References
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Bibliography
- W. H. P. Hatch, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, LXXII (Cambridge, 1951).
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