Minuscule 294 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 367 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment, dated by a colophon to the year 1391 (or 1291 – Scrivener, Gregory).[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 238 parchment leaves, with some lacunae (Matthew 1:18-11:14). The text is written in one column per page, in 19-24 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 Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234, the last in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading, and pictures.[3]
The manuscripts have the subscription:
το παρον τετραβαγγελον εκομισθει εκ της πατμω βιβλιοθηκης, παρ' εμου ιωσηφ γεωργειρηνη ταπεινου αρχιεπισκοπου σαμου και επεδωθει τω ευσεβεστατω και κραταιω βασιλει λοδοβικω τω μεγα εν ετουσ χυ αχος μαρτιου κε.[4]The same subscription appears in codex 279.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method, it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. In the first part of Luke 20, it represents Πa.[6]
The manuscript was written by Peter, a monk, in Jerusalem. Georgirene brought it in 1676 from Patmos to Paris and gave it to Louis XIV.[3]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7] 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. 118) at Paris.[2]