Minuscule 482

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Minuscule 482 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1017 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a Colophon to the year 1285 (altered to 985).^[1] Scrivener labelled it by number 570.^[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 317 parchment leaves (size 19 cm by 15.2 cm). Written in one column per page, 22-23 lines per page.^[3] It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, (Synaxarion, Menologion added by later hand), and pictures.^[3][2] It has many corrections made by two hands.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] Textually it is close to the codex 201.

History

The manuscript was written by monk Theophilus in 1285 CE. It once belonged to Charles Burney, as codices 480, 481, 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 20) 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. 76. 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. 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.

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. XLIX. (as p)

External links

• Minuscule 482 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Minusucle 482 at the Britis Library]
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 482