Lectionary 2208, or ℓ 2208 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a Greek 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....

, on parchment leaves, dated paleographically to the 11th century (or 12th century).

Description

It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 207 parchment leaves (22.3 by 17 cm), 2 columns per page, 25 lines per page. The codex contains the 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). Some small parts of the text vanished.

The codex now is located in the Bible Museum (MS. 18) in Münster

Münster

Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

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See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscripts
• Textual criticism
  Textual criticism
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External links

• Lectionary 2208 at the CSNTM
  Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
  The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts is a non-profit organization set out to preserve ancient manuscripts of the Christian Scriptures New Testament. This aim is accomplished by taking high resolution digital photographs of all extant Greek New Testament manuscripts. The...
  
  
• Manuscripts of the Bible Museum