Lectionary 46, designated by sigla ℓ 46 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on purple parchment leaves. Palaeographically, it has been assigned to the 9th century. It was formerly known as Codex Vindobonensis 2.
Description
The codex contains 19 lessons from the Gospels (Evangelistarium), on 182 purple parchment leaves (). The lessons of the codex were red from πασχα to εις μετανοιαν. The text is written in one column per page, in 9 lines per page, 7-11 letters per line, in Greek uncial letters, in gold and silver ink. The letters are high.
There is also a Latin version.F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 214.
History
Formerly the manuscript belonged to the monastery B. Joh. de Carbonaria in Naples. Between 1714 and 1733 it was presented by monks to Emperor Charles VI, at that time king of Naples. It was examined by Bianchini, Treschow, Alter. Alter used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament.F. K. Alter, Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, Vienna, 1787, vol. 2, pp. 1069-1078.
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.
Formerly the manuscript was held at Vienna (kais. suppl. gr. 12). Currently the codex is located in the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, (Cod. Neapol. ex Vind. 2) in Naples.
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Purple parchment Textual criticism Lectionary 138
Notes and references
Further reading
K. Weitzmann, Ein kaiserliches Lektionar einer byzantinischen Hofschule (Vienna/Wiesbaden, 1959), pp. 309-320.