Minuscule 269 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 290 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 215 parchment leaves,[2] with lacunae (Matthew 1:1-8; Mark 1:1-7; Luke 1:1-8; Luke 24:50-John 1:12). Text of Luke 24:50-53 was supplied by a later hand. The text is written in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (Matthew 355, Mark 233 – the last section in 16:8, Luke 342, John 232).
It contains Prolegomena to the Gospel of John, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, Verses, and pictures. The Eusebian Canon tables were added by a later hand.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. According to Hermann von Soden it represents the Byzantine commentated text. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the 1519 group. It creates a textual pair with Minuscule 32.[5]
The manuscript once belonged to the King Henry IV. The manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined by Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 74) in Paris.[2]