A New Testament Lectionary is a handwritten copy of a lectionary, or book of New Testament Bible readings. Lectionaries may be written in majuscule or minuscule Greek letters, on parchment, papyrus, vellum, or paper.
New Testament lectionaries are distinct from:
Lectionaries which have the Gospels readings are called Evangeliaria or Evangelistaria, those which have the Acts or Epistles, Apostoli or Praxapostoli. They appear from the 6th century.
Before Scholz only 57 Gospel lectionaries and 20 Apostoloi were known. Scholz added to the list 58-181 Evangelistarioi and 21-58 Apostoloi. Gregory in 1909 enumerated 2234 lectionaries. To the present day 2484 lectionary manuscripts have been catalogued by the (INTF) in Münster.
<br> Contents Legend:<br> â Indicates the manuscript has damaged or missing pages.<br /> <sup>P</sup> Indicates only a portion of the original book remains. <br /> <sup>K</sup> Indicates manuscript also includes commentary notes.<br /> <sup>sel</sup> Indicates contents include Scripture readings for selected days only.<br /> <sup>e</sup> Indicates contents include weekday Scripture readings.<br /> <sup>esk</sup> Indicates contents include weekday Scripture readings from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday readings for other weeks.<br /> <sup>sk</sup> Indicates contents include only Saturday and Sunday Scripture readings.<br /> <sup>Lit</sup> Indicates Liturgical book containing an assortment of New Testament texts.<br /> <sup>PsO</sup> Indicates a Psalter with Biblical Odes.<br /> [ ] Brackets around Gregory-Aland number indicate the number is no longer is use.
Script Legend:<br> ÃÂé indicates Majuscule script<br> ñàindicates Minuscule script<br> P<sup>U</sup> indicates manuscript is a palimpsest and script is the text under the later script.<br> P<sup>O</sup> indicates manuscript is a palimpsest and script is the text over the prior script.