Lectionary 1599
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Name | Argos Lectionary |
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| Text | Evangelistarium † |
| Date | 10th/11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Chicago Library |
| Size | 28.8 cm by 22 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
Lectionary 1599 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 1599 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th or 11th century. The manuscript is lacunose. It is known as Argos Lectionary.
The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), with some lacunae. 145 parchment leaves of the codex have survived. The leaves are measured (28.8 cm by 22 cm).
The text is written in Greek uncial letters, in two columns per page, 17 lines per page (and more). The manuscript contains weekday Gospel lessons for Church reading from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks. It contains music notes. The initial letters are decorated.
The style of handwriting of this codex bears a striking general resemblance to that of three Gospel manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries: Codex Cyprius, Lectionary 3, and ℓ 296.
The manuscript has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 10th or 11th century. It is also dated by Special Collections Research Center of the University of Chicago to the 9th or 10th century.
It was bought in Argos in 1930-1931 by Edgar J. Goodspeed (1871-1962), who acquired it from the manager of a Chicago restaurant. It was described in the media as "the Gangster Bible"; it was also named Argos Lectionary, from the place of its origin.
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