Editing Minuscule 484

'''Minuscule 484''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 322 (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Von Soded|Soden]] numbering), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on thick cotton paper (''charta Damascena''). Dated by a [[Colophon (publishing)|Colophon]] to the year 1291/1292.<sup>[1]</sup> 
Scrivener labelled it by number 571.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 258 thick paper leaves (size {{×|34|25}}). Written in one column per page, 23-25 lines per page.<sup>[3]</sup> 
It contains the prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια,τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 234 - 16:9), (not [[Eusebian Canons]]), lectionary markings, incipits, [[Synaxarion]], [[Menologion]], subscriptions, [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], and pictures.<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> 
It is a fine copy, but much damaged.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[4]</sup>
It belongs to the textual family [[Family Kx|Family K<sup>x</sup>]].<sup>[5]</sup> According to Scrivener it is different from the codex [[Minuscule 483|483]] — written by the same scribe — only in 183 places (errors of itacims excluded).<sup>[2]</sup>

The manuscript has several remarkable and unusual readings — from the point of view Textus Receptus — such as in Matthew 9:22; 18:30; 20:6; Mark 3:32; 5:22; 11:26; 12:12.<sup>[6]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript was written by monk Theodoros Hagiographita in 1292 CE. It once belonged to [[Charles Burney]], as codices [[Minuscule 480|480]], [[Minuscule 481|481]], [[Minuscule 482|482]], [[Minuscule 485|485]], and [[Lectionary 184|'''ℓ''' ''184'']].<sup>[3]</sup>> It was purchased to the [[British Museum]] in 1818.<sup>[2]</sup>

The manuscript was examined and collated by [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]], who published its text in 1852.<sup>[3]</sup> The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. 

It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Burney 21) in [[London]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References == 

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|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. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|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. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 194. 
*   4. [[Kurt Aland|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.
*   6. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. LIV.



== Further reading ==

* [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], ''A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels'' (Cambridge and London, 1852), pp. LII-LIV. (as r)

== External links ==

* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7306&CollID=18&NStart=21 Codex Burney 21] at the British Library
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_484 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 484]
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