A New Testament

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, ...

is a handwritten copy of a

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, ...

, or book of

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

Bible readings. Lectionaries may be written in

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minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (more formally '' minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing system ...

Greek letters, on

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, or

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Eberhard Nestle Eberhard Nestle (1 May 1851, Stuttgart – 9 March 1913, Stuttgart) was a German biblical scholar, textual critic, orientalist, editor of the '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', and the father of Erwin Nestle. Life Nestle was a son of the upper tr ...

Erwin Nestle Erwin Nestle (22 May 1883 in Münsingen, Germany – 21 November 1972 in Ulm, Germany), son of Eberhard Nestle, was a German scholar who continued editing his father's "Nestle Edition" of the New Testament The New Testament (NT) is t ...

, Barbara Aland and

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

(eds), ''

Novum Testamentum Graece (''The New Testament in Greek'') is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek published by ''Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft'' (German Bible Society), forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical crit ...

'', 27th edition, (Stuttgart: :de:Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001). New Testament lectionaries are distinct from: *

New Testament papyri A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. In general, they are considered the earliest witnesses to the original text of the New Testament. This elite status amo ...

* New Testament majuscules * New Testament minuscules Lectionaries which have the Gospels readings are called ''Evangeliaria'' or ''Evangelistaria'', those which have the Acts or Epistles, ''Apostoli'' or ''Praxapostoli''. They appear from the 6th century. Before

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only 57 Gospel lectionaries and 20 Apostoloi were known. Scholz added to the list 58-181 Evangelistarioi and 21-58 Apostoloi. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 215, 224. Gregory in 1909 enumerated 2234 lectionaries. To the present day 2484 lectionary manuscripts have been catalogued by the (INTF) in

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Legend

* The numbers (#) are the now standard system of

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(Gregory–Aland). * Dates are estimated to the nearest century (except lectionaries dated by scribes which are shown in the Date column). * Content only the Gospel lessons (Evangelistarion), and other lessons from the rest of the NT apart from Revelation (Apostolos). Sometimes the surviving portion of a codex is so limited that specific books, chapters or even verses can be indicated. Linked articles, where they exist, generally specify content in detail, by verse. * Digital images are referenced with direct links to the hosting web pages. The quality and accessibility of the images is as follows:
Contents Legend:
† Indicates the manuscript has damaged or missing pages.
^P Indicates only a portion of the original book remains.
^K Indicates manuscript also includes commentary notes.
^sel Indicates contents include Scripture readings for selected days only.
^e Indicates contents include weekday Scripture readings.
^esk Indicates contents include weekday Scripture readings from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday readings for other weeks.
^sk Indicates contents include only Saturday and Sunday Scripture readings.
^Lit Indicates Liturgical book containing an assortment of New Testament texts.
^PsO Indicates a Psalter with Biblical Odes.
Brackets around Gregory-Aland number indicate the number is no longer is use. Script Legend:
ΑΩ indicates Majuscule script
αω indicates Minuscule script
P^U indicates manuscript is a

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and script is the text ''under'' the later script.
P^O indicates manuscript is a

and script is the text ''over'' the prior script.

List of named or notable lectionaries

Lectionaries 2001–2100

Lectionaries 2101–2200

Lectionaries 2201–2300

Lectionaries 2301–2400

Lectionaries 2401–2486

Gallery

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Lectionaries

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Lectionaries

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Palimpsest In textual studies, a palimpsest () is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off in preparation for reuse in the form of another document. Parchment was made of lamb, calf, or kid ski ...

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References

Bibliography

* Dr. Peter M. Head. The Early Greek Bible Manuscript Project
New Testament Lectionary Manuscripts
* K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack
''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments''
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, pp. 219 ff. * * Seid, Timothy

. ''Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts.'' Retrieved June 22, 2007. * Black M., Aland K., ''Die alten Übersetzungen des Neuen Testaments, die Kirchenväterzitate und Lektionare: der gegenwärtige Stand ihrer Erforschung und ihre Bedeutung für die griechische Textgeschichte'', Wissenschaftliche Beirat des Instituts für neutestamentliche Textforschung, Berlin 1972. * Carroll D. Osburn, ''The Greek Lectionaries of the New Testament'', in. ''The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research'', ed. Bart D. Ehrman and Michael W. Holmes, '' William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company'', Grand Rapids 1995, pp. 61–74.

External links

* International recording list for Greek manuscripts of the New Testamen
Continuation list, Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF), Munster

"Continuation of the Manuscript List"
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INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research ( — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its Greek initial text on the basis of the entire manuscri ...

'', University of Münster. Retrieved September 8, 2009 * {{Cite web, url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php, title=Liste Handschriften, publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research, access-date=7 April 2011, location=Münster
Lectionaries at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism

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lectionaries A lectionary () is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, and an epistolary wit ...

Greek New Testament manuscripts