Lectionary 1619 Explained

Lectionary 1619, or ℓ 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]

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

• • List of New Testament lectionaries Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: K. W. Clark . Kenneth Willis Clark . A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America . Chicago . 1937 . 54–55.

External links

• Lectionary 1619 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts

Notes and 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.