Lectionary 15, designated by

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ℓ ''15'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek

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of the

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, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', (Berlin, New York:

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, 1994), p. 219.

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The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (''Evangelistarium'') with some lacunae. It is written in Greek

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letters, on 310 parchment leaves (), 2 columns per page, 22 or 23 lines per page. In Luke 15:21 it has additional reading ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου; the reading is supported by

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, Vaticanus, Bezae, Monacensis, 33,

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, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241,

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, 1344, ℓ ''13'', ℓ ''60'', ℓ ''80'', ℓ ''185''. The manuscript was slightly examined by Scholz, Paulin Martin, and C. R. Gregory in 1885. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by

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. The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).''The Greek New Testament'', ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. XXIX. Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 302) in Paris.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0015 Greek New Testament lectionaries 13th-century biblical manuscripts

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