Lectionary 29

Lectionary 29, designated by siglum ℓ 29 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.^[1]

Lectionary ℓ 29

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion †
Date	12th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bodleian Library
Size	25.5 cm by 20 cm
Hand	elegantly written

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, and Luke (Evangelistarium), with lacunae. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 156 parchment leaves (25.5 cm by 20 cm), 2 columns per page, 23 lines per page.^[1] It contains musical notes.^[2] The manuscript is "elegantly written but much worn".^[3]

History

The codex was merely examined by Griesbach. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.^[2]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).^[4]

Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Auct. D. inf. 2. 15) in Oxford.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism