Minuscule 480

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Minuscule 480 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 462 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1366.^[1] Scrivener labelled it by number 568.^[2]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospels on 268 parchment leaves (size ), with only one lacunae (Hebrews 12:17-13:25). Written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.^[3] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, lectionary markings, αναγνωσεις, Synaxarion (ff. 213-217v), Menologion (ff. 218-222v), subscriptions, στιχοι, and scholia. It does not contain τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons.^[3][2] Lacuna in Hebrews 12:17-13:25 was supplemented by a later hand.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It belongs to the textual family Family K^r.^[5] Textually it is close to the codex 201.

History

The manuscript was written by one Joasaph in 1366 CE. It once belonged to Charles Burney, as codices 481, 482, 484, 485, and ℓ 184.^[3] It was purchased to the British Museum in 1818.^[2]

The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener, who published its text in 1852.^[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.

It is currently housed at the British Library (Burney 18, 222 fol.) in London.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

• 1. Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 75. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 256-257.
• 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 194.
• 4. Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
• 5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 92.

Further reading

• F. H. A. Scrivener A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XLVI. (as k)
• F. H. A. Scrivener, An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), p. 63. (as j)

External links

• Burney 18 at the British Library
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 480

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