Lectionary 1, designated siglum ℓ 1 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. Formerly it was known as Codex Colbertinus 700, then Codex Regius 278.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 265 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 10 lines per page, 7–9 letters per line.
Lessons from the codex were read from Pascha to Pentecost.
History
Formerly it was variously dated. Scrivener dated to the 8th century,F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1861), p. 212. Henri Omont to the 14th century, Gregory to the 10th century. In the present day it is unanimously dated to the 10th century.
The manuscript once belonged to Colbert. It was examined and described by Bernard de Montfaucon,B. Montfaucon, Palaeographia graeca (Paris: 1708), pp. 228-230 Wettstein, Scholz, Paulin Martin,Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothès de Paris (Paris 1883), p. 137-138 and Henri Omont.Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens mss. grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe au XIVe siècle (Paris, 1892), 21. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament of UBS (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. XXIX. It is not cited in UBS4.The Greek New Testament, ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 4th revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21, .
The codex now is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 278).
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
Notes and references
Bibliography
Henri Omont, Fac-similés des plus anciens mss. grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IVe and XIVe siècle (Paris, 1892), 21.