Lectionary 12, designated by siglum ℓ 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 219. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 366 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 24 lines per page. It contains musical notes.F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 328.

Text Verse Matthew 12:47 is omitted as in codices Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Codex Regius, 1009, ff1, k, syrc, syrs, copsa. The omission is typical for the Alexandrian manuscripts.

In Matthew 13:13 it reads (Β C Κ L W Δ Π); the reading of the codex is supported by ℓ 70 ℓ 80 ℓ 299 ℓ 850 ℓ 1084; some manuscripts read — Θ, f1, f13, Lect.UBS3, p. 47

History The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th-century.

It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.

It was slightly examined by Wettstein, Scholz, and Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au N. T., conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 141. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.

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

The codex is located now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 310) in Paris.

See also

List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism

Notes and references

Bibliography Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au N. T., conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 141.