Lectionary
![Page from the 11th century](/Images/godic/202501/23/BambergApocalypse06LargeInitialE0050.JPG")
![Portrait of Rembrandt's mother reading a lectionary, ca. 1630 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).](/Images/godic/202501/23/Gerard_Dou_-_Portret_van_een_lezende_oude_vrouw0050.jpg")
![An example of Byzantine lectionary — Codex Harleianus (l150), AD 995, text of John 1:18.](/Images/godic/202501/23/Codex_Harcleianus0050.PNG")
A lectionary is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, and an epistolary with the readings from the New Testament Epistles.