Lectionary 9, designated by sigla ℓ 9 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century.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.
Description
The codex is a lectionary, it contains lessons from the Gospels: John, Matthew, Luke (Evangelistarium). It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 260 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 24 lines per page. It contains music notes.
History The manuscript once belonged to Colbert, as lectionaries ℓ 7, ℓ 8, ℓ 10, ℓ 11, ℓ 12.F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1861), p. 212. It was examined and described by Wettstein, Scholz, and Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 140 It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript is not 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.
The codex now is located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Gr. 307) at Paris.
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
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