Lectionary 232, designated by
siglum
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ℓ ''232'' (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek
manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. Scrivener labelled it by 226
evl.
Some leaves of the codex were lost.
Description
The codex contains lessons from the
Gospel
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s of
John
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* John (surname)
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New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
,
Matthew
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* ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
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,
Luke
People
*Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...
lectionary
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(''Evangelistarium''),
[''Handschriftenliste'']
at the ''INTF'' The leaves 1-14 were supplied by a later hand (according to Gregory in the 14th century).[
The text is written in Greek ]minuscule
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letters, in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[ The initial letters in red, it contains musical notes (in red).][
There are weekday Gospel lessons.][
]
History
Bloomfield dated the manuscript to the 9th century, Todd
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to the 13th century,[ H. J. Todd]
''An Account of Greek Manuscripts, chiefly biblical, which had been in the possession of the late Professor Carlyle, the greater part of which are now deposited in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace''
(London 1823), p. 51 Gregory to the 12th century.[ Scrivener even did not try to assign the manuscript to any century, he only quoted opinions of Bloomfield and Todd.][ It has been assigned by the ]INTF
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to the 14th century.[
The manuscript once belonged to ]Joseph Dacre Carlyle
Rev Joseph Dacre Carlyle FRSE (4 June 1758 – 12 April 1804) was an England, English oriental studies, orientalist. He gained church preferment and travelled widely.
Life
Joseph Dacre Carlyle was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, where his father G ...
, Orientalist, who brought the manuscript from Syria.[ After his death it was presented to the ]Lambeth Palace Library
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(shelf number 1193), by his wife, along with major part of his manuscript collection, in 1806. The codex now is housed at the British Library
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(Add MS 29713) in London
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.[
The manuscript was examined and described by S. T. Bloomfield, H. J. Todd, Scrivener, and Gregory. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 226) and Gregory (number 232). Gregory saw it in 1883.][
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.]
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
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
* Biblical manuscript
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* Textual criticism
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Notes and references
Bibliography
* S. T. Bloomfield
''Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament''
(1860)
* H. J. Todd
''An Account of Greek Manuscripts, chiefly biblical, which had been in the possession of the late Professor Carlyle, the greater part of which are now deposited in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace''
(London 1823), p. 51 escription uses some abbreviations explained in introduction, e.g. S = Syria
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Greek New Testament lectionaries
14th-century biblical manuscripts
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