The lectionaries of the ancient liturgy of Jerusalem

Abstract

We know about the reading procedures of the old liturgy of Jerusalem, a liturgy in Greek language, thanks to the old Armenian and Georgian versions, but also through Greek-Arabic and Arabic MSS, all of them from Sinai and originated no doubt in the monastery of Saint Sabas in Palestina. Some of the Greek lectionaries, as is the case of the MS Sin.Gr 210 (of the 9th century), belongs fully to the old hagiopolite liturgy. Given the mutual influence between this type of liturgy and the one from Constantinople, the researcher may hesitate whether attribution or the other is the case. With that in mind, I give some keys that should allow us make sure when a lectionary belongs to the liturgy of Jerusalem or not.