# Lectionary 152

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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form   = Lectionary
| number = '''ℓ''' ''152''
| image  = Lectionary 152 K051435.JPG
| isize  = 200
| caption= Folio 95
| name   = Codex Prusensis
| sign   = 
| text   = Evangelistarion
| script = [Greek](/source/Greek_language)
| date   = 9th century
| found  = 
| now at = [British Library](/source/British_Library)
| cite   = 
| size   = 31.5 by 23 cm
| type   = 
| cat    = 
| hand   = 
| note   = 
}}

'''Lectionary 152''', designated by [siglum](/source/siglum) '''ℓ''' ''152'' (in the [Gregory-Aland](/source/Biblical_manuscript) numbering) is a Greek [manuscript](/source/manuscript) of the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament), on parchment leaves. [Paleographically](/source/Palaeography) it has been assigned to the 9th century.<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book
 | last = Aland
 | first = Kurt
 | authorlink = Kurt Aland
 |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack
  | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments
 | publisher = [Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter)
 | year = 1994
 | location = Berlin, New York
 | page = 227
 | url = 
 | doi = 
 | id = 
 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 
}}</ref> 

== Description ==

The codex contains Lessons from the [Gospel](/source/Gospel)s of [John](/source/Gospel_of_John), [Matthew](/source/Gospel_of_Matthew), [Luke](/source/Gospel_of_Luke) [lectionary](/source/lectionary) (''Evangelistarium'') with some [lacunae](/source/Lacuna_(manuscripts)).<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
 | last = Gregory
 | first = Caspar René
 | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
 | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
 | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
 | year = 1900
 | location = Leipzig
 | volume = 1
 | page = 400
 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n413/mode/2up
 | isbn = 
}}</ref>
It is written in Greek [uncial](/source/uncial) letters, on 224 parchment leaves (31.5&nbsp;cm by 23&nbsp;cm), in two columns per page, 24-25 lines per page.{{r|Aland|Gregory}}

It has decorated headpieces and initial letters. Headpieces are with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or silver.{{r|BL}} The initial for [epsilon](/source/epsilon) has anthropomorphic motive with blessing hand (see illustration).

The manuscript is ornamented, the uncials leaning to the right, a fine copy, with small uncial notes.<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book
 | last = Scrivener
 | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
 | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
 |author2=Edward Miller
  | title = [A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament](/source/A_Plain_Introduction_to_the_Criticism_of_the_New_Testament)
 | publisher = [George Bell & Sons](/source/George_Bell_%26_Sons)
 | year = 1894
 | location = London
 | edition = 4th
 | volume = 1
 | page = 337
 | url = 
 | doi = 
 | id = 
 | isbn = 
}}</ref>
thumb|90px|folio 21, decorated initial for epsilon

== History ==

The manuscript was named ''Codex Prusensis'' from [Bursa](/source/Bursa) (in Anatolia or Bithynia).{{r|Gregory}}

It was acquired by [John Covel](/source/John_Covel), who was a chaplain of the Levant Company in [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) between 1670-1676, who brought it to England in the 1670s. After 1676 Covel worked at the Christ's College in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge). He sold it to Robert Harley on 27 February 1715 (i.e. 1716).<ref name = BL>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6971&CollID=8&NStart=5787 Detailed record for Harley 5787] – Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library </ref>

The manuscript was examined by Gregory (1883).{{r|Gregory}}

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).<ref>''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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.</ref>

Currently the codex is located in the [British Library](/source/British_Library) ([Harley](/source/Harleian_Collection) MS 5787).{{r|Aland}}

== See also ==

{{Portal|Bible}}
* [List of New Testament lectionaries](/source/List_of_New_Testament_lectionaries)
* [Biblical manuscript](/source/Biblical_manuscript)
* [Textual criticism](/source/Textual_criticism)

== Notes and references ==

{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==

* ''A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum'', 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III (1808), no. 5787.
* [E. Maunde Thompson](/source/Edward_Maunde_Thompson) and G. F. Warner, ''Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum'', 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1881-1884), Part I Greek (1881), p. 23, pl. 17.

== External links ==

{{Commonscat|Lectionary 152}}
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6971&CollID=8&NStart=5787 Detailed record for Harley 5787] – Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library

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Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries
Category:9th-century biblical manuscripts
Category:Harleian Collection

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