Lectionary 163, designated by
siglum
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ℓ ''163'' (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek
manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment leaves.
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.
Formerly, it was labelled was Lectionary 46
a.
Description
The codex contains weekday Apostolos lessons (
Acts
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and Epistles) from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks
lectionary
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(''Apostolarion'') with
lacunae.
It is written in Greek
minuscule
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letters, on 153 parchment leaves (23 by 16.1 cm), in one column per page, 27-28 lines per page.
[ It contains music notes.]
History
The manuscript was bought in 1606, ''Corneliani in Iapygia'' (as ℓ ''103'').[
The manuscript is not 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), pp. XXVIII, XXX.]
Currently the codex is located in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana
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(C. 63 sup) at Milan
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.[
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See also
* List of New Testament lectionaries
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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* Biblical manuscript
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* Textual criticism
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Notes and references
Greek New Testament lectionaries
14th-century biblical manuscripts
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