Minuscule 298 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1201 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 222 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 27-28 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 another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 231 – 16:2), whose numbers are given at the margin, (without references to the Eusebian Canons).
It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical reading), incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons) at the margin, Synaxarion, Menologion, and pictures.[3] [4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. Aland did not place it in any Category.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It belongs to the cluster 1053.[6]
Formerly the manuscript belonged to the Jesuit's public library in Lyon.[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 (Suppl. Gr. 175) at Paris.[2]