Lesson 46
| Lesson 46 | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Codex Neapolitanus |
| text | 19 Gospel pericopes |
| language | Greek |
| date | 9th century |
| Storage location | Naples , Biblioteca Nazionale , Cod. Neapol. ex Vindob. 2 |
| size | 16.2 x 14.5 cm |
| note | Purple manuscript |
Lectionary 46 (numbered after Gregory-Aland , formerly Codex Vindobonensis 2 ) is an evangelist in Greek , paleographically dated to the 9th century. It contains 19 pericopes readings of the Gospels of the New Testament on the festivals and occasions:
- Easter
- Easter octave
- Sunday after Easter
- Ascension of Christ
- Transfiguration of the Lord
- Birth of the Mother of God
- Exaltation of the Cross
- Eve of the birth of the lord
- Birth of the lord
- Circumcision of the Lord (and memory of St. Basil)
- Epiphany
- Representation of the Lord
- Sunday before Lent
- Lent
- Annunciation of the Lord
- Palm Sunday
- Holy Week
- Holy Saturday
- About the ordinations and the apostles
- At festivals
- For the sick
- To repent
It comprises 182 purple-colored parchment sheets measuring 16.2 × 14.5 cm. The text is single columned in 9 rows having 7 to 11 large uncials with gold and silver written ink.
The manuscript was in the Augustinian convent of San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples until the early 18th century . Between 1714 and 1733 it was given to Charles VI. , then given to King of Naples. The manuscript was in Vienna for a long time (signature kais. Suppl. Gr. 12), today it is in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Naples under the signature Cod. Neapol. ex Vindob. 2.
literature
- Kurt Weitzmann , An Imperial Lectionary of a Byzantine Court School , Vienna, Wiesbaden, 1959, pp. 309-320.