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Lectionary 1602, designated by ℓ ''1602'' in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a Coptic
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of the
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, on parchment leaves, dated paleographically to the 8th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', (Berlin, New York:
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, 1994).
Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute


Description

The text is written in Greek
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letters, on 88 parchment leaves (36.2 by 28.4 cm), in 2 columns per page, and 28 lines per page. The codex contains Lessons from the four Gospels
lectionary A lectionary () is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christianity, Christian or Judaism, Jewish worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, ...
(''Evangelistarium''). It has two endings to the Gospel of Mark (as in codices
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Bruce M. Metzger Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the ...
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Bart D. Ehrman Bart Denton Ehrman (born October 5, 1955) is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books ...
, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", ''
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'', Oxford 2005, p. 77.
The codex is now located in the
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See also

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List of New Testament lectionaries A New Testament Lectionary is a handwritten copy of a lectionary, or book of New Testament Bible readings. Lectionaries may be written in majuscule or minuscule Greek letters, on parchment, papyrus, vellum, or paper. Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nest ...
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Coptic versions of the Bible There have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language. Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in five of the dial ...
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Textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...


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at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, CSNTM {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 1602 Greek New Testament lectionaries Greek-Coptic diglot manuscripts of the New Testament 8th-century biblical manuscripts