Lectionary 172, designated by

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ℓ ''172'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled by 75^a.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the

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and Epistles

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(''Apostolarion''). It is written in Greek

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letters, on 281 parchment leaves (29.5 cm by 23 cm), in two columns per page, 23 lines per page. It is ornamented, folio 202 mutilated. It contains

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. Possibly it was written by the same hand as ℓ ''484'', but more beautiful.

History

The manuscript was bought in 1819 by

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from

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to America, along with six other manuscripts (

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, Lectionary 297, Lectionary 298). It was examined by Edward A. Guy and

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. It was fully collated by

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

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(Ms. Gr. 7 (2)) at

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Notes and references

Bibliography

* K. W. Clark, ''A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts i America'' (Chicago, 1937), pp. 112–113. *

''A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604''
(London, 1896). Greek New Testament lectionaries 13th-century biblical manuscripts {{manuscript-stub

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