Lectionary 179
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New Testament manuscript |
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First page of the Prophetologion
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| Name | Codex Sancti Simeonis |
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| Text | Prophetologion (and Evangelistarion) |
| Date | 10th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Domschatz |
| Size | 25.8 by 19.7 cm |
Codex Sancti Simeonis contains a fragment of a Gospel lectionary, or Evangelistarion, designated by siglum ℓ 179 in the Gregory-Aland numbering; it is written on parchment and dated to the 10th century. The codex is housed in Trier.
The codex consists of two different manuscripts: the first eight folios are a fragment of a lectionary of the Gospels (= lectionary 179), the remaining 130 folios are a lectionary of the Old Testament (Prophetologion). The whole codex is written on parchment leaves measuring 25.8 cm by 19.7 cm, only eight of which contain New Testament lessons.
The text of lectionary 179 is written in Greek uncial letters in two columns of 19 lines to a page. It uses rough and smooth breathings, accents, and stichometrical points, not spaces, between the words. The Prophetologion contains decorated headpieces; both manuscripts have decorated initial letters and musical notes in red. Itacism occurs frequently, for example: αι and η for ε, ει for ι, ω for ο, υ for οι.
The nomina sacra and other words are written in abbreviated form. The following words are abbreviated: και (and), πατηρ (father), μητηρ (mother), υιος (son), θυγατηρ (daughter), ανθρωπος (man), Θεος (God), Κυριος (Lord), σωτηρ (saviour), πνευμα (spirit), ουρανος (heaven), Αβρααμ (Abraham), Δαυιδ (David), Χριστος (Christ), Ιερουσαλημ (Jerusalem). These abbreviations in mainly the same as in the Codex Alexandrinus.
The Prophetologion has some unusual readings that occur rarely or not at all in other manuscripts. In Genesis 12:4, for example, it has: θεος (God) instead of Κυριος (the Lord). It has many grammatical corrections and marginal notes, giving readings close to the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus. The text has been collated in the edition of the Prophetologion by Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae.
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