Minuscule 480

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Book of Revelation on 268 parchment leaves (size {{×|32.8|23.1}}), with only one lacuna (Hebrews 12:17-13:25). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| page = 194

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n207/mode/2up

}}

The vellum is fine and white.F. H. A. Scrivener, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41408ucmf_5#page/n47/mode/2up 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).[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6974&CollID=18&NStart=18 Burney 18] at the British Library

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. It does not contain the {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles of chapters). The text of the Gospels has no additional division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.{{r|Gregory}}

It contains tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (lessons) are marked at the beginning and end, Synaxarion (table of lessons beginning at Easter) on folios 213-217v, Menologion (table of lessons beginning at 1 September) on folios 218-222v, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of {{lang|grc|στιχοι}}, and scholia.{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

|author2=Edward Miller

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| volume = 1

| pages = 256–257

}}

Lacuna in Hebrews 12:17-13:25 was supplied by a later hand on paper.{{r|Gregory}}

The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and the Pauline epistles (Philemon, Hebrews).{{r|Gregory}}

There are only 4 instances of N ephelkystikon, 37 occurrences of the error of itacism. The breathings and accents are complete and regular. Iota adscriptum never occurs, iota subscriptum 13 times in Matthew.F. H. A. Scrivener, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41408ucmf_5#page/n49/mode/2up 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.{{r|ExactXLVII}}

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^r. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| author-link = Kurt Aland

| last2 = Aland

| first2 = Barbara

| author-link2 = Barbara Aland

| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)

| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1995

| location = Grand Rapids

| page = 139

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Family K^r in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20 as perfect member of the family.{{Cite book

| last = Wisse

| first = Frederik

| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1982

| location = Grand Rapids

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/61 61, 92]

| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/61

| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4

| url-access = registration

}}

Textually it is close to the codex 201. In some cases it supports readings of the codices Vaticanus, Ephraemi Rescriptus, Bezae, Cyprius, and Regius.{{r|ExactXLVII}}

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 201.F. H. A. Scrivener, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41408ucmf_5#page/n49/mode/2up A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels] (Cambridge and London, 1852), pp. XLVII-XVIII

Matthew 9:5 {{lang|grc|αμαρτιαι ] αμαρτιαι σου}}

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.{{r|ExactXLVI||BL}}

It once belonged to Charles Burney, along with codices 481, 482, 484, 485, and ℓ 184. It was purchased for the British Museum in 1818.{{r|Scrivener}}

The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener, who published its text in 1852.{{r|Gregory}} The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (568) and Gregory (480).

It is currently housed at the British Library (Burney MS 18, 222 fol.) in London.{{r|Aland}}

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{{Reflist}}

• F. H. A. Scrivener, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41408ucmf_5#page/n47/mode/2up A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels] (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XLVI-XLVIII. (as n)
• F. H. A. Scrivener, An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), p. 63. (as j)

{{Commons category|Minuscule 480 (GA)}}

• [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6974&CollID=18&NStart=18 Burney 18] at the British Library

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