Lectionary 1614

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Lectionary ℓ1614

New Testament manuscript

Text Evangelistarion
Date 7th/8th century
Script Coptic / Greek diglot
Now at University of Michigan
Size 32.5 by 28 cm

Lectionary 1614, designated by ℓ1614 in the Gregory-Aland numbering. It is a Coptic/Greek Bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves, dated paleographically to the 7th or 8th century. [1]

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Contents

Description

The codex contains some Lessons from the four Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium) (Luke 1:39–56 [Greek] Luke 1:39–56 [Coptic]; Mark 4:23—5:16; Matt 25:3–13 [Coptic]; Luke 1:39–48 [Coptic]). It additionally contains some non-biblical text in Greek and Coptic. It is written in Greek Uncial letters, on 4 leaves (32.5 by 28 cm), 2 columns per page, 33 lines per page.

Lectionary book of scripture readings for a particular day or occasion

A lectionary is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, and an epistolary with the readings from the New Testament Epistles.

The codex is now located in the University of Michigan (MS. 124) in Ann Arbor. [1]

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See also

Coptic versions of the Bible

There have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language. Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in all four of the major dialects of Coptic: Bohairic (northern), Fayyumic, Sahidic (southern), Akhmimic, and Mesokemic. Biblical books were translated from the Alexandrian Greek version.

Textual criticism branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism

Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants in either manuscripts or printed books. Scribes can make alterations when copying manuscripts by hand. Given a manuscript copy, several or many copies, but not the original document, the textual critic might seek to reconstruct the original text as closely as possible. The same processes can be used to attempt to reconstruct intermediate versions, or recensions, of a document's transcription history. The objective of the textual critic's work is a better understanding of the creation and historical transmission of texts. This understanding may lead to the production of a "critical edition" containing a scholarly curated text.

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References

  1. 1 2 K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994).


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