Lectionary 31

Lectionary 31, designated by siglum ℓ 31 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.^[1]

Lectionary ℓ 31

New Testament manuscript
Name	Cod. Norimberg.
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	12th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Nürnberg
Size	22 cm by 18.9 cm
Type	Caesarean text-type

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 281 parchment leaves (22 cm by 18.9 cm), 1 column per page, 21 lines per page.^[2][1]

Michaelis remarked some textual similarities to the codices Codex Bezae (e.g. Luke 22:4), Codex Regius, 1 and 69.^[3]

Luke 9:35

It uses the longest reading αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα — as in codices C³, Codex Bezae, Codex Athous Lavrensis, ℓ 19, ℓ 47, ℓ 48, ℓ 49, ℓ 49^m, ℓ 183, ℓ 183^m, ℓ 211;^[4]

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).^[5]

Currently the codex is located in the Stadtbibliothek (Ms. Cent. V appendix No. 40) in Nürnberg.^[1]

See also

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