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Lectionary 16, designated by siglum ℓ 16 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with numerous lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 199 parchment leaves (27 cm by 21.6 cm), 2 columns per page, 18-20 lines per page.

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 297) in Paris.

It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Johann Jakob Wettstein. It was slightly examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.

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

See also

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

Notes and references

1. ^ K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 219.
2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 388.
3. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 142
5. 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), p. XXVIII, XXIX.

Bibliography

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 388.

• Greek New Testament lectionaries
• 12th-century biblical manuscripts