New Manuscripts from the National Library of Greece

Additional manuscripts digitized by the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) have just been added to our collection. These include 28 manuscripts from the National Library of Greece in Athens, the site of our 2015-16 digitization project

0161 Last Leaf

UV image from GA 0161, an eighth century manuscript leaf containing verses from Matthew 22. GA 0161 is a palimpsest, meaning that the under-text was written in the eighth century but this bi-folio leaf was reused in the process of binding a later manuscript (GA 1419, a 15th century Gospels MS). As you can see, this leaf was reused twice before it came to be bound this way! There is faint writing vertically (GA 0161), as well as upside-down horizontal writing (bottom 3/4 of the page) and right-side-up writing (top 2 lines). This single piece of parchment was repurposed in multiple ways over the course of more than 7 centuries.

  • GA 050Ninth century majuscule of the Gospels with commentary. 2 leaves.
  • GA 094Sixth century palimpsest majuscule of the Gospels. 1 leaf.
  • GA 0161Eighth century palimpsest majuscule of the Gospels. 1 leaf.
  • GA 766Thirteenth century minuscule of the Gospels.
  • GA 768Twelfth century minuscule of the Gospels.
  • GA 2652: Fifteenth century minuscule of the Apostolos and Paul.
  • GA 2653Fifteenth century minuscule of the Gospels, Apostolos, and Paul.
  • GA 2654Eleventh century minuscule of the Gospels.
  • GA 2655: Eleventh century minuscule of the Gospels.
  • GA 2656Seventeenth century minuscule of the Gospels and Revelation.
  • GA Lect 397Tenth century palimpsest lectionary.
  • GA Lect 398Fourteenth century lectionary.
  • GA Lect 399Thirteenth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 400Fourteenth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 1529Thirteenth century lectionary of the Gospels. Dated to 1288.
  • GA Lect 1649Thirteenth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 1807Fifteenth century lectionary of the Gospels. Dated to 1454.
  • GA Lect 1809Twelfth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 1812Fifteenth century lectionary of the Gospels. Dated 1452–53.
  • GA Lect 1817Fifteenth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 1819Seventeenth century lectionary of the Gospels and Apostolos.
  • GA Lect 1820Fourteenth century lectionary of the Apostolos.
  • GA Lect 1821Fourteenth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 1824: Twelfth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 1885Ninth century lectionary palimpsest.
  • GA Lect 2009Twelfth century lectionary of Paul.
  • GA Lect 2011Thirteenth century lectionary of the Gospels.
  • GA Lect 2013Thirteenth century lectionary of the Apostolos.

These images have now become part of our growing searchable library, which gives everyone free access to the best available digital images of New Testament manuscripts.

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