Lectionary 87
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Lectionary 87, designated by siglum  87 (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. Palaeographically
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 has been assigned to the 14th century.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke 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) with some lacunae
Lacuna (manuscripts)
A lacunaPlural lacunae. From Latin lacūna , diminutive form of lacus . is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work...

. It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 121 parchment leaves . The writing stands in 2 columns per page, 27 lines per page.
The Pericope Adulterae (John 8:3-11) is placed at the end, marked with obelus
Obelus
An obelus is a symbol consisting of a short horizontal line with a dot above and below. It is mainly used to represent the mathematical operation of division. It is therefore commonly referred to as the division sign.- History :The word "obelus" comes from the Greek word for a sharpened stick,...

, and not pointed for any day.

History

The manuscript once belonged to Colbert's (as were 88
Lectionary 88
Lectionary 88, designated by siglum ℓ 88 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.- Description :...

, 89
Lectionary 89
Lectionary 89, designated by siglum ℓ 89 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.- Description :...

, 90
Lectionary 90
Lectionary 90, designated by siglum ℓ 90 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1553.- Description :...

, 91
Lectionary 91
Lectionary 91, designated by siglum ℓ 91 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.- Description :...

, 99
Lectionary 99
Lectionary 99, designated by siglum ℓ 99 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th century.- Description :...

, 100
Lectionary 100
Lectionary 100, designated by siglum ℓ 100 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1550.- Description :...

, 101
Lectionary 101
Lectionary 101, designated by siglum ℓ 101 , is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves...

).

Scholz examined some parts of it. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin
Paulin Martin
Paulin Martin was a French Catholic Biblical scholar.-Life:...

. Gregory saw it in 1885.

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...

 (Gr. 313) in Paris
Paris
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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...

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