Lectionary 111

Lectionary 111, designated by siglum ℓ 111 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century.^[1][2]

Lectionary ℓ 111

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	9th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Estense
Size	24.7 cm by 15.9 cm

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 228 parchment leaves (24.7 cm by 15.9 cm), in 1 column per page, 21 lines per page.^[1][2] Parchment is thick. It contains musical notes.^[3] It contains in the Menology (December 16) the name Queen Theophano, who died in A.D. 892.^[4]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.^[5] It was examined by Scholz and Burgon.^[3] Montfaucon and Burgon dated it to the 8th-century, Scrivener and Gregory to 10th-century (because of Menology), Aland to the 9th-century. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[3]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).^[6]

Currently the codex is located in the Biblioteca Estense (G. 73, α.W.2.6 (II C 6)) in Modena.^[1][2]

See also

• Bible portal

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Notes and references

1. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 225. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 397.
4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 334.
5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 331.
6. 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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

Bibliography

• Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, ed. E. M. Thompson and others, II (London, 1913–1934), 1, plate 4.