Lectionary 187
Lectionary 187, designated by siglum ℓ 187 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek New Testament manuscript written on parchment. Scrivener labelled it by 256e. It has been dated palaeographically to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose. It forms part of the British Library Arundel Manuscripts. It is currently housed at the British Library (MS Arundel 536) in London.[1][2]
| New Testament manuscript | |
 Folio 170, the decorated head-piece at the top | |
| Name | Arundel 547 |
|---|---|
| Text | Evangelistarion † |
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 23.7 cm by 15.2 cm |
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) and the Epistles.[3][4] The manuscript has lacuna at the beginning (three leaves). These three leaves were supplemented by a later hand on paper, probably in the 15th century.[4] They are unfoliated modern paper flyleaves, numbered as leaves I-III. The leaves 172-173 were supplemented by a later hand on parchment.[5]
It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 217 parchment leaves (23.7 cm by 15.2 cm). The writing is in black ink, one column per page, with 23-27 lines per page.[1] It contains musical notes in red ink[4], and decorated head-pieces also in red ink.[5] The initial letters are written in the margin in large letters, using either red and yellow ink, or red, black, and yellow ink. The codex contains decorations of either zoomorphic (birds, fishes, snake) or anthropomorphic (hands) types.[5]
The lessons of the codex were read during the weekdays from Easter to Pentecost, as well as on Saturdays.[1]
History
The codex was likely written in the eastern Mediterranean.[5] The codex is usually dated to the 13th century (Scrivener, Gregory, Aland),[1][2][4] sometimes to the 12th century.[5]
The codex was presented by Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, to the Royal Society in London in 1667. In 1831, it was bought from the Royal Society in London along with 549 Arundel manuscripts, and transferred to the British Museum.[5] It was rebound in 1897.[5]
The codex was examined by Bloomfield.[4] Gregory saw the manuscript in the 1883.[4] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (256) and Gregory (187).[3][4] The textual variants in the codex have some sporadic citations in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.[6]
The codex is currently located in the British Library (MS Arundel 536) in London.[1]
Notes and references
- Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 230. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- 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. 345.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 402.
- Arundel 536
- Aland, Kurt; Black, Matthew; Martini, Carlo Maria; Metzger, Bruce Manning; Wikgren, Allen, eds. (1983). The Greek New Testament (3rd ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. XXVIII, XXX. ISBN 9783438051103. (UBS3)
Bibliography
- Edward Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1697), III, no. 3442.
- Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: The British Museum, 1834–1840), I, part I: The Arundel Manuscripts, pp. 163–64.
- Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts (London: British Library, 1999- ), I, 18–19.
External links
- Description of Lectionary 187 at the British Library
- Digital images of Lectionary 187 at the British Library.