Minuscule 386 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 401 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It has complex context and some marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the New Testament on 393 parchment leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages, lectionary markings at the margin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions at the end of each sacred book, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], Synaxarion, Menologion, and Euthalian Apparatus to Catholic and Pauline epistles.[3]
The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation. The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. It belongs to the textual cluster 167. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[5]
Formerly the manuscript, together with 388, 389, and 390 belonged to Giovanni Angelo Herzog von Altaemps († 1627).[3]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It was examined by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini (like minuscule 878 and 880).[8]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Ottob. gr. 66) in Rome.[2]