Lectionary 648 designated by sigla ℓ ''648'' (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering),
is a Greek
minuscule
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manuscript of the
New Testament, written on 232 paper leaves (22.5 cm by 15.3 cm).
Paleografically it had been assigned to the 16th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 259.]
Description
The codex contains Lessons from the four Gospels
lectionary
A lectionary ( la, lectionarium) is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christianity, Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evang ...
(''Evangelistarium''). Written in two columns per page, in 20 lines per page.
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History
Formerly it was held at Dionysiou Monastery (307) in Athos.Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
(Gk MS 28) at Durham.[
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See also
* List of New Testament lectionaries
* Biblical manuscripts
* Textual criticism
References
External links
Lectionary 648
at the ''Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts''
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Greek New Testament lectionaries
16th-century biblical manuscripts
Athos manuscripts
Duke University Libraries
Dionysiou Monastery