Lectionary 45

Lectionary 45, designated by siglum ℓ 45 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-century.

Description The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with lacunae at the beginning. The text is written in two columns per page, 21 lines per page, in Greek uncial letters. Only 6 parchment leaves () from the binding of a law-book have survived.F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 214. It contains Nomokanon of Photius and Apostolic Canons.

History

Busbecq brought the manuscript from Constantinople to Vienna. It was examined by Alter. Alter used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament.Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, Vienna, 1787, vol. 2, p. 1002-1007.

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, XXX.

Currently the codex is located in the Austrian National Library (Jur. gr. 5, fol. 575-580) in Vienna.

See also

List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism

Notes and references