Lectionary 145 (siglum ℓ 145) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament classified among the lectionary books in the Gregory‑Aland numbering system. It is a liturgical codex that contains selected passages from the New Testament arranged for reading in Christian worship services.
Physical description
- Material: Parchment.
- Script: Greek minuscule.
- Date: Assigned palaeographically to the 12th century.
- Content: The codex comprises lections (readings) primarily from the Gospels (an Evangelistarium). Some catalogues indicate that it may also contain readings from the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles (an Apostolarium), though this is not uniformly confirmed.
- Layout: Typical of Byzantine lectionaries, the text is laid out in two columns per page with a moderate number of lines per column; the exact count of leaves and lines per page is not consistently reported in the consulted scholarly sources.
Provenance and current location
The precise repository of Lectionary 145 is not uniformly documented in publicly available catalogues. Some references list it as being held in a European library collection, but the exact institution and shelf‑mark remain uncertain.
Scholarly significance
Lectionary 145 is cited in the “Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments” (the standard catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts compiled by Kurt Aland and collaborators). As a representative of the Byzantine lectionary tradition, it contributes to the study of liturgical practices, textual transmission of the New Testament, and the development of Greek minuscule script in the medieval period.
References
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
- Metzger, Bruce M.; Ehrman, Bart D. (2005). The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. Oxford University Press.
Note: Certain detailed characteristics of Lectionary 145, such as the exact number of leaves, marginal apparatus, and present holding institution, are not definitively recorded in the accessible scholarly literature.