Lectionary 160

Lectionary ℓ 160
New Testament manuscript
TextApostolarion
Date15th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size20.9 by 15.3 cm (8.2 by 6.0 in)

Lectionary 160, designated by siglum ℓ 160 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 38a.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts and Epistles lectionary (Apostolarion). It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 235 paper leaves (20.9 by 15.3 cm (8.2 by 6.0 in)), in one column per page, 26 lines per page.

History

The manuscript was written by the monk Macarius, known as Eucholius. Franc. Accidas brought the manuscript from the East and presented it to Pope Sixtus V in the year 1585.

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

Currently the codex is located in the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1528) at Rome.

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 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. 228. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. 1 2 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 467.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ 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. 369.
  4. ↑ The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), pp. XXVIII, XXX.