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Lectionary 331

Lectionary 331 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 331 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

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Lectionary 331
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium †
Date13th-century
ScriptGreek
Found1871
Now atBritish Library
Size24.3 cm by 18.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type

Lectionary 331 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum 331 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering)1 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John (Evangelistarium), with lacunae2 on 118 parchment leaves. The leaves are measured (24.3 cm by 18.5 cm).34 It begins at John 17:20.5

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 25–29 lines per page.34

The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.34

History

According to the colophon it was written in 1272.23 It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 13th-century.34

It was written by a monk named Cosmas for one Basilius.2

It was purchased from Ivor B. Guest in 1871 (along with lectionary 330). It was examined and described by Oscar von Gebhardt in 1881.2

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (280e)5 and Gregory (number 331e).2 Gregory saw it in 1883.2

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library (Add MS 28818) in London.34

The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,6 NA287).

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Notes and references

  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 133.
  2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 416.
  3. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 239. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 347.
  6. Aland, B.; Aland, K.; J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. Metzger, A. Wikgren (1993). The Greek New Testament (4 ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. 21*. ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece. communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 814. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4.
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