A 'pericope' (pur-IC-op-ee) (
Greek περικοπη, "a cutting-out") in
rhetoric is a set of verses which form one coherent unit or thought, thus forming a short passage suitable for public reading from a text, now usually of
sacred scripture.
Manuscripts, often
illuminated, called Pericopes, are normally abbreviated
Gospel Books only containing the sections of the
Gospels required for the
Masses of the
liturgical year. Notable examples, both
Ottonian, are the
Pericopes of Henry II and the
Salzburg Pericopes.
Lectionaries are normally made up of pericopes containing the
Epistle andor
Gospel readings for the
liturgical year. A pericope consisting of passages from different parts of a single book, or from different books of the Bible, and linked together into a single reading is called a
concatenation.
See also
★
Pericope Adulteræ
External Links
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Pericope in the ''Concordia Cyclopedia''
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