Lectionary 20, designated by

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ℓ ''20'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek

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of the

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, on vellum leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1047. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', (Berlin, New York:

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, 1994), p. 220.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of

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(''Evangelistarium''), with lacunae. The text is written in Greek

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letters, on 177 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 22 lines per page. It is ornamented manuscript, it contains red musical notes –

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. In Matthew 4:23 it contains textual variant ἐν ὅλη τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ (''in whole Galilee'') along with

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, syr^c and cop^sa.

History

The codex was written by

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, in April 1047. F. H. A. Scrivener, "

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" (

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: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 329. In 1633 it was purchased by

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, and became part of his collection. It was known as Laudianus 4. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by

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. It was slightly examined by John Mill (as ''Laud. 4'') and Griesbach. Kirsopp and

Silva Lake Silva Tipple New Lake (March 18, 1898 — April 30, 1983) was an American classics professor, archaeologist, and scholar of the New Testament. She was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1929 and 1930, for work on Greek, Syriac and Armenian manuscri ...

published its facsimile. The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the

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(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), p. XXIX. Currently the codex is located in the

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(Laud. Gr. 34) in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0020 Greek New Testament lectionaries 11th-century biblical manuscripts Bodleian Library collection

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