Lectionary 42, designated by siglum ℓ 42 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-century.[1]
The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), with lacunae at the beginning, on 224 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page, in Greek uncial letters.[1] [2] Two hands appear. The earlier leaning a little to the right.[3]
Formerly the manuscript belonged to Hurtado de Mendoza. It was examined by Moldenhawer, the chief librarian at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen 1788-1823, Emmanuel Miller,[4] and Wilhelm Regel, Professor in Petersburg.
Currently the codex is located in the Escorial (X. III. 13) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial.[1]
The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).[5]
One leaf of the codex with Luke 8:20-1.26-34 is housed in the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.[6]