Lectionary 211, designated by

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ℓ ''211'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.''Handschriftenliste''
at the ''INTF'' Scrivener labelled it by 218^evl. The manuscript has complex contents.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the

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s of

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, Matthew, Luke lectionary (''Evangelistarium''), on 209 parchment leaves (). The text is written in Greek

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letters, in two columns per page, 28-30 lines per page. It contains pictures. The first leaf contains the history of St. Varus and six martyrs. There are weekday Gospel lessons. It contains the text of Matthew 16:2b–3, Luke 22:43-44, and John 8:3-11 (dedicated to Pelagia). Luke 9:35 : It uses the longest reading αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα — as in codices C³,

Codex Bezae The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, designated by siglum D or 05 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 5 (in the von Soden of New Testament manuscript), is a codex of the New Testament dating from the 5th century writ ...

Codex Athous Lavrensis The Codex Athous Laurae, designated by Ψ or 044 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), or δ 6 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament Manuscripts), is a manuscript of the New Testament written in Greek uncial lette ...

, ℓ ''19'', ℓ ''31'', ℓ ''47'', ℓ ''48'', ℓ ''49'', ℓ ''49''^m, ℓ ''183'', ℓ ''183''^m;For more details of the variants of this verse see:

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. John 4:51 : it reads υιος σου for παις σου, the reading is supported by

(Greek text),

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, Codex Regius, Codex Petropolitanus, 33, 892, 1071, 1079,

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, 1230, 1241 and other mss. John 6: 42 : It reads την μητερα και τον πατερα for τον πατερα και την μητερα; It is a

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, the lower text contains a

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, for January, was written in minuscule letters, in the 11th century.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, Gregory dated it to the 12th or 13th century. It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 12th century. The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3, UBS4.''The Greek New Testament'', ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 4th revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21. ) The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 218) and Gregory (number 211). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. Currently the codex is located in the Bodleian Library (Wake 18) at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lectionary 0211 Greek New Testament lectionaries 12th-century biblical manuscripts Bodleian Library collection

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