Lectionary 1967 designated by
sigla
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In modern Textua ...
ℓ ''1967'' (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek
minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
, written on 241 parchment and paper leaves (24.6 cm by 18.5 cm).
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ]Walter de Gruyter
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History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 340.
Description
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''). Leaves 1-230 are written on parchment, leaves 231-241 on paper. Paper was added at the end. Written in two columns per page, in 20 lines per page.
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History
The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection The Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University contains over one hundred manuscripts — in both roll and codex form — dating from the 9th to the 17th century. Th ...
of the Duke University
Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
(Gk MS 24) at Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England
**County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States
Durham may also refer to:
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See also
* 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 ...
* Biblical manuscripts
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-lin ...
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* Normann A. Huffman, "The Text of Mark in the Duke New Testament", unpublished M.A. thesis, Duke University, 1932.
External links
Lectionary 1967
at the ''Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts''
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Greek New Testament lectionaries
11th-century biblical manuscripts
Duke University Libraries