Lectionary 241, designated by

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ℓ ''241'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 1199.''Handschriftenliste''
at the ''INTF'' Scrivener labelled it as 232^evl. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the

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s of Matthew,

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(''Evangelistarium''), and Epistles (''Apostolarium''), with some lacunae. The text is written in Greek

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letters, on 176 parchment leaves (), in two columns per page, 26 lines per page. 8 leaves per quire. The initial A and initial E are rubricated. Lessons are numbered by modern hand ( de Missy?). There is no marginalia (with the exception of the numbering of the Lessons, 1–350, and citation of the chapters and verses by the paginator.Lectionary 241 (description)
at the ''University of Glasgow'' The

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are written in an abbreviated way, verses are separated by "+", the errors of

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occur. There are some marginal notes.

Textual variants

The word before the bracket is the reading of the

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edition, the word after the bracket is the reading of the manuscript. The reading of

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in bold. : Matthew 11:2 – Χριστου ] Ιησου (supported by

Codex Bezae The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis is a bi-lingual Greek and Latin manuscript of the New Testament written in an uncial hand on parchment. It is designated by the siglum D or 05 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and � ...

, 0233,

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and other) : Matthew 11:7 – εξηλθατε ] εξηλθετε : Matthew 11:8 – omit ] ιματιοις : Matthew 11:13 – επροφητευσαν ] προεφητευσαν : Matthew 11:15 – omit ] ακουειν : Matthew 11:16 – δε ] omit : Matthew 11:16 – καθεμενοις ] καθεζομενοις : Matthew 11:16 – ετεροις ] ετεροις (TR reads: εταιροις) : Matthew 11:18 – omit ] προς υμας (supported by

Codex Koridethi Codex Koridethi, also named ''Codex Coridethianus'', is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum Θ or 038 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and as ε0 ...

, ''f''¹³, Syriac Curetonian, Syriac Harkleian) : Matthew 11:19 – των εργων ] των τεκνων : Romans 10:11 – επ αυτω ] επ αυτω Θεω : Romans 10:12 – τους επικαλουμενους ] τοις επικαλουμενοις : Romans 10:14 – επικαλεσωνται ] επικαλεσονται

History

It is assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, INTF to the 12th century. According to the colophon on the last leaf it was written in the month of August, in the year 6707 (from the creation of the world), in the reign of Alexius Commenus III Angelus. The manuscript once belonged to

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, chaplain to

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, in 1748 (along with the codices 560, 561, ℓ ''162'', ℓ ''239'', ℓ ''240''). Then it belonged to William Hunter. The Hunter's collection remained in London for several years after his death – for the use of his nephew,

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(1761-1823) – and finally came to the

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in 1807.Hunterian Collection
at the ''University of Glasgow'' The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 232) and Gregory (number 241). Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript is sporadically 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), p. XXX. The codex is housed at the

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, as a part of the

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(Ms. Hunter 419) in

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Notes and references

Bibliography

* John Young & P. H. Aitken, ''A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow'' (Glasgow, 1908), pp. 343–344 * Ian C. Cunningham, ''Greek Manuscripts in Scotland: summary catalogue, with addendum'' (Edinburgh, 1982), no. 55

External links

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Lectionary 241 (description)
at the ''University of Glasgow''
CSNTM description
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0241 Greek New Testament lectionaries 12th-century biblical manuscripts University of Glasgow Library collection