Text Evangelistarion Script Greek | Date 13th-century Size 25 cm by 19.3 cm | |
Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France | ||
Lectionary 72, designated by siglum ℓ 72 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the year 13th-century.
Contents
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 187 parchment leaves (25 cm by 19.3 cm), 2 columns per page, 20-29 lines per page.
Three first leaves of the volume came from another manuscript written in the 9th-century in uncial letters. It is another lectionary ℓ 1358.
History
The manuscript was written by Nicolas. According to the colophon it was written in 1275.
It was partially examined and described by Scholz and Paulin Martin. Henri Omont made a new description of the codex. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 290, fol. 4-190) in Paris.