Lectionary 323 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum 323 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

Lectionary 323
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarium †
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Found1859
Now atBritish Library
Size36.9 cm by 25 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 213 parchment leaves. The leaves are measured (36.9 cm by 25 cm).[2][3] It contains also the Synaxarion (folios 190-212v), Homilies of John Chrysostom to Genesis (folios 213r-v).[4][1]

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 18 lines per page.[2][3] The ink is brown.[5]

The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons.[2] 318, 321 and 323 sometimes agree with each other in departing from the ordinary weekday Church lessons.[5]

History

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Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 12th century, and Gregory dated it to the 13th century.[1] It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 13th century.[2][3]

It was purchased from Spyridon P. Lambros from Athens, on 26 March 1859 (along with lectionaries 321, 322, and 324).[1][5][4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (271e)[5] and Caspar René Gregory (number 323e).[1] Gregory saw it in 1883.[1]

The manuscript was mentioned in Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1854-1875,[6] by M. Richard.[7]

The codex is housed at the British Library (Add MS 22743) in London.[2][3]

The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,[8] NA28[9]).

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 415.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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 "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b Add MS 22743 Digitised Manuscripts
  5. ^ a b c d 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. 347.
  6. ^ Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1854-1875, London 1875, p. 726.
  7. ^ M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 41.
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ 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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