Lectionary 6, designated by

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ℓ ''6'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek-Arabic diglot

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of the

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, on paper leaves, dated by a colophon to the year 1265. 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. 219.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts, Epistles

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, ...

(''Apostolos''), Psalms, but a few Lessons from the Gospels (''Evangelistarium''). F. H. A. Scrivener, "

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" (London, 1894), vol. 1, p. 328. It is written in Greek

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letters, on 275 paper leaves (), 2 columns per page, 18 lines per page. In Matthew 23:35 phrase υιου βαραχιου (''son of Barachi'ah'') is omitted; this omission is supported only by

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, codex 59 (by the first hand), two other Evangelistaria ( ℓ ''13'', and ℓ ''185''), and

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History

It was examined by

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and Dermount. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein. The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament of UBS (UBS3). The codex now is located in the

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(Or. 243) at

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References

Bibliography

* Jacobus Dermout, ''Collectanea Critica in Novum Testamentum'', Leiden 1825. * W. J. de Jonge, ''Joseph Scaliger's Greek – Arabic Lectionary'',

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5 (Amsterdam, 1975), pp. 143–172. * Anton Baumstark, ''Das Leydener griechisch-arabische Perikopenbuch für die Kar- und Osterwoche'', Oriens Christ II, 4 (1915), pp. 38–58. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0006 Greek New Testament lectionaries 13th-century biblical manuscripts

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