Minuscule 286 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 528 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1432.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 264 paper leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 21 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 the 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 (in Mark 232 Sections, the last in 16:6), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel.[3]
It contains the Paschal Canon for the years 1432-1502.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden did not assign it to any of the textual families. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents text of Kx.[5]
The manuscript was written by monk Calistus, with the Paschal canon for the years 1432-1502.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6]
It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 96) at Paris.[2]