New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Harley MS 5598 |
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Text | Gospels |
Date | 995 |
Script | Church Slavonic |
Found | John Covel in 1677 at Constantinople |
Now at | British Library |
Size | 35.2 by 26.7 cm |
Lectionary 150, designated by siglum ℓ 150 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is also known as Codex Harleianus. It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves and one of four extant Greek lectionaries with explicit dates from before 1000. [1]
The manuscript is written in compressed Greek Uncial letters, on 374 parchment leaves (35.2 cm by 26.7 cm), in 2 columns per page, 21 lines per page, with ornaments. [1] The capital letters and nomina sacra are in red ink. The codex includes ten leaves of paper containing a series of Lessons from the Gospels, John, Matthew and the Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The image shows the text of John 1:18.
It is one of the most beautiful lectionary codices, with a scribal date of 27 May 995 A.D. 'It is a most splendid specimen of the uncial class of Evangelistaria, and its text presents many instructive variations.' [2] It also contains musical notation.
According to the colophon it was written by a presbyter called Constantine. [3] The manuscript came from Constantinople. In 1677 John Covel, chaplain of the English embassy in Constantinople, purchased this manuscript. It was shown by him to John Mill (1645-1707), [4] in London. [2] From Covel it was purchased – together with other manuscripts – by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. [2]
It was collated by Bloomfield and examined by Woide. [3]
The manuscript is often cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3). [5] It is not cited in UBS4. [6]
The codex is now located in the British Library ( Harley MS 5598). [1]
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New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Harley MS 5598 |
---|---|
Text | Gospels |
Date | 995 |
Script | Church Slavonic |
Found | John Covel in 1677 at Constantinople |
Now at | British Library |
Size | 35.2 by 26.7 cm |
Lectionary 150, designated by siglum ℓ 150 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is also known as Codex Harleianus. It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves and one of four extant Greek lectionaries with explicit dates from before 1000. [1]
The manuscript is written in compressed Greek Uncial letters, on 374 parchment leaves (35.2 cm by 26.7 cm), in 2 columns per page, 21 lines per page, with ornaments. [1] The capital letters and nomina sacra are in red ink. The codex includes ten leaves of paper containing a series of Lessons from the Gospels, John, Matthew and the Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The image shows the text of John 1:18.
It is one of the most beautiful lectionary codices, with a scribal date of 27 May 995 A.D. 'It is a most splendid specimen of the uncial class of Evangelistaria, and its text presents many instructive variations.' [2] It also contains musical notation.
According to the colophon it was written by a presbyter called Constantine. [3] The manuscript came from Constantinople. In 1677 John Covel, chaplain of the English embassy in Constantinople, purchased this manuscript. It was shown by him to John Mill (1645-1707), [4] in London. [2] From Covel it was purchased – together with other manuscripts – by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. [2]
It was collated by Bloomfield and examined by Woide. [3]
The manuscript is often cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3). [5] It is not cited in UBS4. [6]
The codex is now located in the British Library ( Harley MS 5598). [1]
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