Lectionary 29

Lectionary 29, designated by siglum ℓ 29 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. 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. 220.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), with lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 156 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 23 lines per page. It contains musical notes. The manuscript is "elegantly written but much worn".

History

The codex was merely examined by Griesbach. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.

The manuscript is not 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), pp. XXVIII, XXIX.

Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Auct. D. inf. 2. 15) in Oxford.

See also

List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism

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