Lectionary 1623, designated by ℓ 1623 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 312 parchment leaves (34.5 cm by 23.8 cm). Paleografically it had been assigned to the 11th or 12th century.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels. It is a 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). Written in two columns per page, 23-28 lines per page.

History

Currently it is housed 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 2) at Durham

Durham, North Carolina

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Further reading

• K. W. Clark, "A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America" (Chicago, 1937), pp. 87-89.

External links

• Lectionary 1623 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts