Lectionary 21

Lectionary 21, designated by siglum ℓ 21 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th-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. 220.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with numerous lacunae. It has not lessons from Gospel of John. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 59 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 28 lines per page. The leaves follow in the order 1–3, 15, 4-11, 16. The manuscript is "coarsely written".F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (George Bell & Sons: London 1861), p. 213.

History

Formerly it was known as Codex Seldeni 4. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein. The codex was examined by Mill (as Seld. 4) and Griesbach. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.

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. XXIX.

Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Arch. Selden. B. 56) in Oxford.

See also

List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism

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