New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Evangelistarion |
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Date | 15th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Bodleian Library |
Size | 29 cm by 18 cm |
Hand | splendid |
Lectionary 196, designated by siglum ℓ 196 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[1][2] Scrivener labelled it by 204evl.[3]
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 155 paper leaves (29 cm by 18 cm).[1][2][3][4] The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[1][2][4]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century.[3][4] Today it is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[1][2]
Nicolaus, a presbyter, wrote his name and date 1626 on leaf 1.[4]
The manuscript was found in disorder.[4]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 204). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Canonici Gr. 119) at Oxford.[1][2]