Minuscule 485 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 247 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century. Scrivener labeled it by number 572. The manuscript is lacunose. It contains liturgical books:

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and

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Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 255 parchment leaves (size ) with some lacunae (Luke 5:22-9:32; 11:31-13:25; 17:25-18:3; John 8:14-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, 23-25 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in red ink), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no references to the

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. It used capital letters at the beginning of each section. It contains the

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, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use),

(list of Saints),

(saint days), numbers of , and pictures (before each Gospel). The breathings and accents are complete but very inaccurate (e.g. Matthew 13:2.33; 24:41; 25:6; Mark 5:3.4; 6:26; Luke 24:6; John 7:30). There is no ι subscriptum, but adscriptum (Matthew 26:52; John 1:40.41), ν εφελκυστικον gets very frequent in the manuscript, and is often destroyed by ''secunda manu'' (second hand), even so often as to produce an hiatus (e.g. John 5:25; 7:6.27). A later hand is very busy in the margin, supplying the omissions through

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of the first scribe, or altering the original readings. There are more

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s than in many other manuscripts.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

The manuscript was held in

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, then it belonged to

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, as codices

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, 481,

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

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in 1818. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by

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, who thoroughly it examined and collated. Scrivener published its text in 1852. It is currently housed at the

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(Burney MS 23) in

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References

External links

* R. Waltz
Minuscule 485
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
Minuscule 485
at the British Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0485 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts Burney Collection

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