Lectionary 37

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| text = Evangelistarion

| script = Greek

| date = 12th-century

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Lectionary 37, designated by siglum 37 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 221.

Description

The codex contains only 13 lessons from the Gospels of John and Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 184 parchment leaves ({{×|27.4|21.9|cm}}), in two columns per page, in 24 lines per page.{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| pages = 390–391

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n403/mode/2up

}}{{cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| volume = 1

| page = 330

}}

It contains the pericope John 8:3-11.{{r|Gregory}}

History

Formerly it was held at the Karakalou monastery at Athos peninsula.{{r|Gregory}}

The manuscript was examined by Birch.{{r|Gregory}}

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 located in the Vatican Library (Borg. Gr. 6) in Rome.{{r|Aland}}

See also

Notes and references

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| pages = 390–391

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n403/mode/2up

}}

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Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries

Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts

Category:Manuscripts in the Vatican Library