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Lectionary 38

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Date
  
15th-century

Size
  
27.5 cm by 20 cm

Script
  
Greek

Text
  
Evangelistarion, Apostolos

Now at
  
University of Göttingen

Lectionary 38, designated by siglum 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th-century. Formerly it was labelled as 5a.

Contents

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), and Lessons from Book of Acts and Pauline epistles (Apostolos), with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 56 parchment leaves (27.5 cm by 20 cm), in two columns per page, in 27-30 lines per page.

It has singular reading in Acts 12:25 εις την Αντιοχειαν (to Antioch), majority reads εις Ιερουσαλημ (to Jerusalem);

History

Formerly it was held in the Konstamonitou monastery at Athos. Afterwards it belonged to Caesar de Missy. It was examined by Matthaei.

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

Currently the codex is located in the University of Göttingen (Cod. Ms. theol. 33) in Göttingen.

References

Lectionary 38 Wikipedia