{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Lectionary | number = '''ℓ''' ''162'' | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Apostolarion | script = Greek | date = 12th century | found = | now at = Glasgow University Library | cite = | size = 28 by 20 cm | type = | cat = | hand = | note = }}

'''Lectionary 162''', designated by siglum '''ℓ''' ''162'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th 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 = 228 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}</ref> Formerly it was labelled as Lectionary 45<sup>a</sup>.<ref name = Gregory/>

== Description ==

The codex contains lessons from the Acts and Epistles lectionary (''Apostolarion''),<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 = 467 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n479/mode/2up | isbn = }}</ref> on 239 parchment leaves (28&nbsp;cm by 20&nbsp;cm), originally 242 leaves. Lost leaves were supplied on paper.<ref>[http://images.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA_Lect_162/GA_Lect_162.pdf CSNTM description]</ref> The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> It has breathings and accents in red.

It contains musical 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, Vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4th | page = 369 | url = | isbn = }}</ref>

== History ==

The manuscript was written by order of Luke from Antioch. In 1747 it belonged to Caesar de Missy, along with the codices 560, 561, '''ℓ''' ''239'', '''ℓ''' ''240'', '''ℓ''' ''241''.<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory/>

The manuscript was digitized by the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts in 2008.

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 Glasgow University Library (Ms. Hunter 406) at Glasgow.<ref name = Aland/>

== See also == {{Portal|Bible}}

* List of New Testament lectionaries * Biblical manuscript * Textual criticism

== Notes and references ==

{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==

* Ian C. Cunningham, ''Greek Manuscripts in Scotland: summary catalogue, with addendum'' (Edinburgh, 1982), no. 52; * John Young & P.H. Aitken, ''A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow'' (Glasgow, 1908), pp.&nbsp;325–327.

== External links == {{Commons category|Lectionary 162}} * [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_Lect_162 Images of the codex] at the CSNTM * [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/detaild.cfm?DID=33472 Description of the codex] at the ''Special Collections'' of the ''Glasgow University''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0162}} Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts Category:University of Glasgow Library collection