Lectionary 89, designated by siglum ℓ 89 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th-century.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 190 paper leaves (). The writing is in 1 column per page, 25 lines per page. It contains the Pericope Adultera (John 8:3-11).
History
The manuscript once belonged to Colbert's (as were lectionaries: ℓ 87, ℓ 88, ℓ 90, ℓ 91, ℓ 99, ℓ 100, ℓ 101).
Scholz examined part of it. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 159. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.
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 Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 316) in Paris.
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
Bibliography
Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 159