Lectionary 205

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Lectionary | number = '''ℓ''' ''205'' | image = Lectionary 205 f.3r.jpg | isize = | caption= Folio 3 recto | name = | sign = | text = Evangelistarium | script = Greek | date = 10th century | found = | now at = Bodleian Library | cite = | size = {{×|29.5|19|cm}} | type = | cat = | hand = beautiful copy | note = }}

'''Lectionary 205''', designated by siglum '''ℓ''' ''205'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th 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 | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 231 | url = | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}</ref><ref name = INTF>[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php ''Handschriftenliste''] at the ''INTF''</ref> Scrivener labelled it by 201<sup>evl</sup>.<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, Vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | edition = 4th | year = 1894 | location = London | page = 341 | url = | isbn = }}</ref> The manuscript has complex context.

== Description ==

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (''Evangelistarium''), on 5 parchment leaves ({{×|29.5|19|cm}}).<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | page = 404 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n417/mode/2up | isbn = }}</ref> The text is written in Greek Uncial letters, in two columns per page, 20 lines per page,<ref name = Aland/><ref name = INTF/> 6-12 letters. It contains musical notes.<ref name = Gregory/> It was used for binding, a palimpsest.<ref name = Scrivener/> The upper text contains lessons from the Old Testament lectionary.<ref name = Aland/>

== History ==

Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 11th century.<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory/> It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 10th century.<ref name = Aland/><ref name = INTF/>

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 201) and Gregory (number 204). Gregory saw it in 1883.<ref name = 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 Bodleian Library (Barocci 197*) at Oxford.<ref name = Aland/><ref name = INTF/>

== Notes and references ==

== Bibliography ==

* {{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 404 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n417/mode/2up | isbn = }}

== External links == * [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/medieval/barocci/barocci.html Mss. Barocci] at the Bodleian Library

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