Lectionary 1619

Lectionary 1619, or 1619 in the Gregory-Aland numbering is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on 312 parchment leaves (19.4 cm by 13.7 cm). Paleographically it had been assigned to the 17th century.[1]

Lectionary 1619
New Testament manuscript
TextEvangelistarion
Date17th
ScriptGreek
FoundVenice
Now atDuke University
Size19.4 by 13.7 cm

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels. It is a lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[1]

History

Place of the provenance - Venice. In 1933 it was purchased in London for Duke University.[2] Currently it forms part of the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & manuscript Library of Duke University (Greek MS 2) in Durham, North Carolina.[1]

See also

References

  1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 310.
  2. Clark 1937, p. 54.

Further reading

  • K. W. Clark (1937). A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America. Chicago. pp. 54–55.
  • Lectionary 1619 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
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