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Lectionary 211

Lectionary 211
New Testament manuscript
Text Evangelistarium †
Date 12th century
Script Greek
Now at Bodleian Library
Size 31.2 cm by 20.5 cm
Hand ill written

Lectionary 211, designated by siglum 211 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Scrivener labelled it by 218evl. The manuscript has complex contents.

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 209 parchment leaves (31.2 cm by 20.5 cm). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 28-30 lines per page. It contains pictures. The first leaf contains the history of St. Varus and six martyrs.

There are weekday Gospel lessons.

It contains the text of Matthew 16:2b–3, Luke 22:43-44, and John 8:3-11 (dedicated to Pelagia).

Luke 9:35

John 4:51

John 6: 42

It is a palimpsest, the lower text contains a Menaion, for January, was written in minuscule letters, in the 11th century.

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, Gregory dated it to the 12th or 13th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.

The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3, UBS4.)

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 218) and Gregory (number 211). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.


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