Lectionary 31, designated by siglum ℓ 31 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.[1]
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium). The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 281 parchment leaves, 1 column per page, 21 lines per page.[2] [1]
Michaelis remarked some textual similarities to the codices Codex Bezae (e.g. Luke 22:4), Codex Regius, 1 and 69.[3]
Luke 9:35
It uses the longest reading αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα — as in codices C3, Codex Bezae, Codex Athous Lavrensis, ℓ 19, ℓ 47, ℓ 48, ℓ 49, ℓ 49m, ℓ 183, ℓ 183m, ℓ 211;[4]
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
Currently the codex is located in the Stadtbibliothek (Ms. Cent. V appendix No. 40) in Nürnberg.