Editing Lectionary 3

'''Lectionary 3''', designated [[siglum]] '''ℓ''' ''3'' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), is a Greek [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]] on vellum.<sup>[1]</sup> [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it has been assigned to the 11th century. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] dated to the 10th century.<sup>[2]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew and Luke [[lectionary]] (''Evangelistarium'') with [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]]. The text is written in Greek [[uncial]] letters, on 281 parchment leaves (29 cm by 22.5 cm), 2 columns per page, 19 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> Three leaves at the end lost. It contains coloured and gilt illuminations and capitals, and red crosses for stops.<sup>[2]</sup> It contains a full [[menologion]].<sup>[3]</sup>

The style of handwriting of this codex bears a striking general resemblance to that of three Gospel manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries: [[Codex Cyprius]], [[Lectionary 296]], and [[Lectionary 1599|'''ℓ''' ''1599'']].<sup>[4]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript once belonged to Alexander from [[Corinth]].<sup>[3]</sup> The manuscript was brought to England from [[Zante]] by the botanist and early traveller [[Sir George Wheler]] in 1676 with two other documents ([[Minuscule 68|68]] and [[Minuscule 95|95]]).

It was examined by [[John Mill (theologian)|John Mill]], [[Johann Jakob Wettstein|Wettstein]], [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]],<sup>[2]</sup> and [[William Hatch]].<sup>[4]</sup><sup>[5]</sup> It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by [[Johann Jakob Wettstein|Wettstein]].<sup>[6]</sup>

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament of UBS (UBS3).<sup>[7]</sup>

The codex is now in [[Lincoln College, Oxford|Lincoln College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] (Gr. II. 15).<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[8]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament lectionaries]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==
* 1. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', (Berlin, New York: [[Walter de Gruyter]],  1994), p. 219.
* 2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], "[[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]]" ([[George Bell & Sons]]: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 328.
* 3. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). [https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n399/mode/2up Textkritik des Neuen Testaments]. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 387.
* 4. William Hatch, ''A redating of two important uncial manuscripts of the Gospels – Codex Zacynthius and Codex Cyprius'', in: Quantulacumque (1937), p. 338
* 5. [[William Hatch|W. H. P. Hatch]], ''Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament'', LXXII (Cambridge, 1951).
* 6.  [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; [[Barbara Aland|Aland, Barbara]] (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company|William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
* 7. ''The Greek New Testament'', ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and [[Allen Wikgren|A. Wikgren]], in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. XXIX.
* 8. [http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=40003 "Liste Handschriften"]. Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 

== Bibliography ==

* [[William Hatch|W. H. P. Hatch]], ''Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament'', LXXII (Cambridge, 1951). 


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