Lectionary 41

Lectionary 41, designated ℓ 41 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th-century.^[1]

Lectionary ℓ 41

New Testament manuscript
Text	Evangelistarion
Date	11th-century
Script	Greek
Now at	Escorial
Size	25.2 cm by 18.2 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Hand	very elegant

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 204 parchment leaves (25.2 cm by 18.2 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 21 lines per page, in Greek uncial letters.^[1] It contains musical notes.^[2]

It contains an elegantly written menologion (like in codex 43)^[3]

History

Formerly the manuscript belonged to Hurtado de Mendoza. It was examined by Moldenhauer, Emmanuel Miller,^[4] and Wilhelm Regel, professor in Petersburg.^[3]

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).^[5]

Currently the codex is located in the Escorial (X. III. 12) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial.^[1]

See also

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