Lectionary 316 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum 316 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 8th century. The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.

Lectionary 316
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium †
Date8th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBritish Library
Size25.4 cm by 17.9 cm
TypeByzantine text-type

Description

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The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium),[1] on 23 fragment parchment leaves. Some leaves at the codex were lost. The leaves are measured (25.4 cm by 17.9 cm).[2][3] It is a palimpsest, the upper text is in Syriac.[3] It is from the 10th century.[4]

The text is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 31 lines per page.[2][3]

The codex contains Gospel lessons in the Byzantine Church order.[4]

History

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Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 7th century.[1] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 8th century.[2][3]

It was brought from the monastery of Maria Deipara in Egypt.[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (496e)[4] and Gregory (number 317e).[1] Gregory saw it in 1883.[1]

The upper text of palimpsest was described by William Hatch.[5][6]

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library (Add MS 14637) in London.[2][3]

The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,[7] NA28[8]).

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 414.
  2. ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 238. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b c 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. 358.
  5. ^ a b British Library Add MS 14637
  6. ^ Wright, William (1871). Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum. Vol. 2. London: British Museum. pp. 833–834.
  7. ^ Aland, B.; Aland, K.; J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. Metzger, A. Wikgren (1993). The Greek New Testament (4 ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. 21*. ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece. communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 814. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4.

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