Lectionary 49, designated by siglum ℓ 49 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th- or 11th-century.[1]
The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 437 parchment leaves . It is written in two columns per page, in 23 lines per page, in Greek minuscule letters.[1] It contains pictures.[2]
It reads λεγοντες ειρηνη τω οικω τουτω for αυτην – the reading is supported by manuscripts: Sinaiticus*,2, Bezae, Regius, Washingtonianus, Koridethi, Φ f1 22 99 237 251 1010, (1424), it vgcl.[3]
Mark 6:33
It has textual reading ἐκεῖ καὶ προῆλθον αὐτούς along with Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, 0187 (omit εκει), 892, ℓ 69, ℓ 70, ℓ 299, ℓ 303, ℓ 333, ℓ 1579, (ℓ 950 αυτους), itaur, vg, (copsa, bo).[4]
Luke 9:35
It uses the longest reading αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα — as in codices C3, Codex Bezae, Codex Athous Lavrensis, ℓ 19, ℓ 31, ℓ 47, ℓ 48, ℓ 183, ℓ 183m, ℓ 211m;[5]
The manuscript was presented in 1312 by Nicephorus, metropolite of Crete, to the monastery of the Birth of God Brontochiu. It was examined by Matthaei.[6]
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[7]
Currently the codex is located in the State Historical Museum, (V. 12, S. 225) in Moscow.