Lectionary 183
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Lectionary 183, designated by siglum ℓ 183 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment in uncial letters. Biblical scholars Westcott and Hort labelled it by 38e,and biblical scholar Frederick H. A. Scrivener by 257e. Using the study of comparative writings styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript has some missing portions and gaps at the end and inside, but they were supplied by a later hand. It is faded in parts.
New Testament manuscript | |
Name | Arundel 547 |
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Text | Evangelistarion |
Date | 10th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | British Library |
Size | 29.4 by 23.2 cm |
Type | Byzantine |
Hand | large and elegant |
Note | splendidly illuminated |
Textually it often agrees with old uncial manuscripts of the New Testament, but it has some unique variants. It has numerous errors, but unequally distributed in the codex. It was examined by several palaeographers.
It forms part of the British Library Arundel Manuscripts.