Liber Comicus Toletanus Teplensis (also spelled Commicus), designated by t or 56 (in Besaurion system), is the oldest known lectionary

Lectionary

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 from the Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula

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, dated to somewhere between the 7th and 9th centuries.
The Latin

Latin

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 text of the New Testament

New Testament

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 is not of the Vulgate

Vulgate

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 but of the Vetus Latina

Vetus Latina

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"Taken in its context, liber comicus could not possibly mean a comic book ... this term is sometimes used to denote a lectionary." It has some affinity with Codex Boernerianus

Codex Boernerianus

Codex Boernerianus, designated by Gp or 012 , α 1028 , is a small New Testament codex, measuring 25 x 18 cm, written in one column per page, 20 lines per page. Dated paleographically to the 9th century. The name of the codex derives from Boerner, to whom it once belonged...

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External links

• Edgecomb, Kevin P. Liber Comicus, the Hispano-Mozarabic Lectionary.
• Elliot, JK. 'Old Latin Manuscripts in Printed Editions of the Greek New Testament'. Novum Testamentum 26 (1984): 225–248.
• Epp, Eldon Jay. 'Some Important Textual Studies'. Journal of Biblical Literature
  Journal of Biblical Literature
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  84 (1965): 172–175.

Select bibliography

• Baldwin, Spurgeon. 'On the meaning of the term "Liber Commicus."' Traditio 39 (1983): 439–443.
• Farr, C. 'Liturgical Influences On The Decoration Of The Book Of Kells'. In Catherine Karkov and Robert T Farrell (eds). Studies in Insular Art and Archaeology. Oxford, Ohio
  Oxford, Ohio
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  : American Early Medieval Studies and the Miami University
  Miami University
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   School of Fine Arts, 1991. ISBN 1879836009
• Morin, Germanus (ed.). Anecdota Maredsolana. Volume 1. Liber Comicus. Maredsous Abbey
  Maredsous Abbey
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  , 1893.