Lectionary 172, designated by

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ℓ ''172'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled by 75^a.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the

Acts The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message ...

and Epistles

lectionary A lectionary ( la, lectionarium) is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christianity, Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evang ...

(''Apostolarion''). It is written in Greek

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letters, on 281 parchment leaves (29.5 cm by 23 cm), in two columns per page, 23 lines per page. It is ornamented, folio 202 mutilated. It contains

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. Possibly it was written by the same hand as ℓ ''484'', but more beautiful.

History

The manuscript was bought in 1819 by Edward Everett from

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

to America, along with six other manuscripts (

Lectionary 296 Lectionary 296 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ ''296'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is very lacun ...

Lectionary 297 Lectionary 297 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ ''297'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose. ...

Lectionary 298 Lectionary 298 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ ''298'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex c ...

). It was examined by Edward A. Guy and Gregory. It was fully collated by

Herman C. Hoskier Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904). Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against the ...

. 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

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(Ms. Gr. 7 (2)) at

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Notes and references

Bibliography

* K. W. Clark, ''A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts i America'' (Chicago, 1937), pp. 112–113. *

''A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604''
(London, 1896). Greek New Testament lectionaries 13th-century biblical manuscripts {{manuscript-stub

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