Lectionary 2145
Encyclopedia
Lectionary 2145 designated by siglum  2145 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...

 of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

, written on 2 parchment leaves (22.5 by 15.3 cm). Paleografically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...

 it had been assigned to the 13th century.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the four Gospels lectionary
Lectionary
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.-History:...

 (Evangelistarium). The text is written in two columns per page, in 33 lines per page.

The leaf contains portions of the readings (Menologion), for June 24 (Luke 1:59-80)-June 25 (Matthew 16: 13-18). The leaf housed at the Schøyen Collection contains Menologion for 6 September.

History

The codex was divided. The one leaf of the codex now is held at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection
Kenneth Willis Clark Collection
The Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts in Duke University Library contains ninety-eight manuscripts — in both roll and codex form — dating from the 9th to the 17th century....

 of the Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 (Gk MS 43) at Durham
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...

. The other leaf is housed at the Schøyen Collection (MS 653) at Oslo
Oslo
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.

See also

  • List of New Testament lectionaries
  • Biblical manuscript
    Biblical manuscript
    A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...

  • Textual criticism
    Textual criticism
    Textual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...

  • Uncial 0301
    Uncial 0301
    Uncial 0301 , is a Greek-Coptic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 5th century.- Description :...


External links

  • Lectionary 2145 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
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