Minuscule 480 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 462 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1366. The manuscript is lacunose. The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use. It has marginalia. It contains liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and

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. Scrivener labelled it by number 568.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

except

Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...

on 268 parchment leaves (size ), with only one

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(Hebrews 12:17-13:25). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page. The vellum is fine and white.F. H. A. Scrivener
''A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels''
(Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XLVI The leaves 225-226 were supplied by a later hand on paper (flyleaves). It has decorated headpieces and initial letters at the beginning of each Gospel (folios 3, 63, 101, 163). The titles, initials, and capital letters in gold ('' chrysography'').Burney 18
at the British Library The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin. It does not contain the (''titles of chapters''). The text of the Gospels has no additional division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the

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. It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), (''lessons'') are marked at the beginning and end, Synaxarion (table of lessons beginning at Easter) on folios 213-217v,

(table of lessons beginning at 1 September) on folios 218-222v, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of , and

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. Lacuna in Hebrews 12:17-13:25 was supplied by a later hand on paper. The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and the Pauline epistles (Philemon,

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). There are only 4 instances of

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, 37 occurrences of the error of

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. The breathings and accents are complete and regular.

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um never occurs,

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um 13 times in Matthew.F. H. A. Scrivener
''A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels''
(Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XLVII There are only a few corrections made by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^r. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it represents the textual family Family K^r in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20 as perfect member of the family. Textually it is close to the codex

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. In some cases it supports readings of the codices Vaticanus, Ephraemi Rescriptus, Bezae, Cyprius, and Regius. It has several unique readings in Matthew 6:1; 9:5; 20:29; 26:65; Luke 1:11; 16:3; 17:6; John 14:30. Two rare readings from Luke 9:48 and John 1:28 are supported by the ''Codex Wordsworth'' and

.F. H. A. Scrivener
''A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels''
(Cambridge and London, 1852), pp. XLVII-XVIII Matthew 9:5

History

According to the colophon (on folio 222 verso) the manuscript was written by one Joasaph on 4 June 1366 CE (θεου το δωρον και πονος ιωασαφ ετει ςωοδ), in monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon, in Constantinople. It once belonged to Charles Burney, along with codices

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, 482,

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, and ℓ ''184''. It was purchased to the

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in 1818. The manuscript was examined and collated by

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, who published its text in 1852. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (568) and Gregory (480). It is currently housed at the

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(Burney 18, 222 fol.) in

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at the British Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0480 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts Burney Collection 14th-century illuminated manuscripts

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