Minuscule 292 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 378 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th or 13th century.[2] It has full marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 290 parchment leaves, with lacunae (Matt 1:1-7:13; John 19:5-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, in 19-22 lines per page.[2] It was written by several different hands.
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 Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections, the last in 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading, Synaxarion (later hand), and pictures.[3] [4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. According to Hermann von Soden it is related to the Byzantine commentated text. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kx in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it represents the textual cluster Π473.[6]
It is close to the codex 53.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[7] It was examined by Wettstein and Griesbach.[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 114) at Paris.[2]