Editing Lectionary 152

'''Lectionary 152''', designated by [[siglum]] '''ℓ''' ''152'' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering) is a Greek [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment leaves. [[Palaeography|Paleographically]] it has been assigned to the 9th century.<sup>[1]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains Lessons from the [[Gospel]]s of [[Gospel of John|John]], [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] [[lectionary]] (''Evangelistarium'') with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]].<sup>[2]</sup>
It is written in Greek [[uncial]] letters, on 224 parchment leaves (31.5 cm by 23 cm), in two columns per page, 24-25 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>

It has decorated headpieces and initial letters. Headpieces are with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or silver.<sup>[3]</sup> The initial for [[epsilon]] has anthropomorphic motive with blessing hand (see illustration).

The manuscript is ornamented, the uncials leaning to the right, a fine copy, with small uncial notes.<sup>[4]</sup>
[[Image:Lectionary 152 E 01.jpg|thumb|90px|folio 21, decorated initial for epsilon]]

== History ==

The manuscript was named ''Codex Prusensis'' from [[Bursa]] (in Anatolia or Bithynia).<sup>[2]</sup>

It was acquired by [[John Covel]], who was a chaplain of the Levant Company in [[Constantinople]] between 1670-1676, who brought it to England in the 1670s. After 1676 Covel worked at the Christ's College in [[Cambridge]]. He sold it to Robert Harley on 27 February 1715 (or 1716).<sup>[3]</sup>

The manuscript was examined by Gregory (1883).<sup>[2]</sup>

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).<sup>[5]</sup>

Currently the codex is located in the [[British Library]] ([[Harleian Collection|Harley]] MS 5787).<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament lectionaries]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== Notes and references ==
* 1. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 227. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
* 2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 400.
* 3. [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6971&CollID=8&NStart=5787 Detailed record for Harley 5787] – Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library
* 4. [[Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]]; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 337.
* 5. ''The Greek New Testament'', ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, ''United Bible Societies'', 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), pp. XXVIII, XXX.

== Bibliography ==

* ''A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum'', 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III (1808), no. 5787.
* [[Edward Maunde Thompson|E. Maunde Thompson]] and G. F. Warner, ''Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum'', 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1881-1884), Part I Greek (1881), p. 23, pl. 17.

== External links ==
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6971&CollID=8&NStart=5787 Detailed record for Harley 5787] – Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library

[[Category:Greek New Testament lectionaries]]
[[Category:9th-century biblical manuscripts]]
[[Category:Harleian Collection]]