Lectionary 24, designated by siglum ℓ 24 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves, known as Codex Radziwiłł. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-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 John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with lacunae. The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 265 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 21 lines per page. It contains Menologion and patristic homilies (Gregory of Nazianzus).F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1861), p. 213.
There are lessons for Saturdays and Sundays.
History
The manuscript once belonged to the Polish high noble family Radziwiłł — like ℓ 34 — hence name of the codex. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.
The text of the codex was merely examined by Bengel (Augustianus 4), Matthaei, and Scholz. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Bengel. Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 10th-century. Gregory saw it in 1880 and 1887.
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 Bavarian State Library (Gr. 383) in München.
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
Notes and references
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