Lectionary 31, designated by

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ℓ ''31'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-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), p. 220.

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The codex contains lessons from the

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s of

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(''Evangelistarium''). The text is written in Greek

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letters, on 281 parchment leaves (), 1 column per page, 21 lines per page. Michaelis remarked some textual similarities to the codices

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(e.g. Luke 22:4),

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, 1 and 69. Luke 9:35 : It uses the longest reading αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα — as in codices C³,

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, ℓ ''19'', ℓ ''47'', ℓ ''48'', ℓ ''49'', ℓ ''49''^m, ℓ ''183'', ℓ ''183''^m, ℓ ''211''; 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. XXIX. Currently the codex is located in the Stadtbibliothek (Ms. Cent. V appendix No. 40) in

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Bibliography

* Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, ''Beschreibung der vornehmsten Merkwurdigkeiten des H. R. Reichs freyen Stadt Nürnberg'', Nürnberg 1778. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0031 Greek New Testament lectionaries 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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