Lectionary 65, designated by siglum ℓ 65 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is a lectionary (Evangelistarion). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels. The text of the Gospels lessons following the Byzantine Church order. It is written in Greek uncial letters, on 213 parchment leaves (). It is written in two columns per page, in 20 lines per page. It is a palimpsest, text of lectionary is the upper text.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz, who examined many of its pericopes. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N.T., conservé dans les bibliothès des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 148 C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.
The manuscript is not 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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.
Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 282), in Paris.
See also
List of New Testament lectionaries Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
Notes and references