Lectionary 6, designated by siglum ℓ 6 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek-Arabic diglot 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 paper leaves, dated by a colophon

Colophon (publishing)

In publishing, a colophon is either:* A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book, or...

 to the year 1265.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Acts, Epistles 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:...

 (Apostolos), Psalms, but a few Lessons from the Gospels (Evangelistarium). It is written in Greek uncial

Uncial

Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters are written in either Greek, Latin, or Gothic.-Development:...

 letters, on 275 paper leaves , 2 columns per page, 18 lines per page.

In Matthew 23:35 phrase (son of Barachi'ah) is omitted; this omission is supported only by Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the four great uncial codices, an ancient, handwritten copy of the Greek Bible. It is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written in the 4th century in uncial letters on parchment. Current scholarship considers the Codex Sinaiticus to be one of the best Greek texts of...

, codex 59

Minuscule 59

Minuscule 59 , ε 272 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has complex contents and some marginalia....

 (by the first hand), two other Evangelistaria (ℓ 13

Lectionary 13

Lectionary 13, designated by siglum ℓ 13 . It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century...

, and ℓ 185

Lectionary 185

Lectionary 185, designated by siglum ℓ 185 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves...

), and citations in Eusebius.

History

It was examined by Wettstein

Johann Jakob Wettstein

Johann Jakob Wettstein was a Swiss theologian, best known as a New Testament critic.-Youth and study:...

 and Dermount.

The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament of UBS (UBS3).

The codex now is located in the Leiden University Library

Leiden University Library

Leiden University Library is a library founded in 1575 in Leiden, Netherlands. It is regarded as a significant place in the development of European culture: it is a part of a small number of cultural centres that gave direction to the development and spread of knowledge during the Enlightenment...

 (Or. 243) at Leiden.

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...