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Lectionary 34

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Name
  
Codex Monacensis 329

Date
  
9th-century

Now at
  
Bavarian State Library

Text
  
Evangelistarion

Script
  
Greek

Size
  
27.5 cm by 21 cm

Lectionary 34, designated by siglum 34 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Contents

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with only one lacuna at the end. It is written in Greek uncial letters, on 430 parchment leaves (27.5 cm by 21 cm), 2 columns per page, 18 lines per page. Elegantly written in three volumes, the contents in an unusual order. Menologion suiting the custom of a monastery on Athos.

History

Formerly the manuscript belonged to the Polish high noble family Radziwiłł (like 24). It was held in Mannheim. Rinck made extracts for Eichhorn. It was examined by Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

Currently the codex is located in the Bavarian State Library (Gr. 329) in München.

References

Lectionary 34 Wikipedia