Minuscule 389 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 105 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 197 parchment leaves, written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top and the bottom of the pages (with a harmony). There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], and pictures.[3] [4]
Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Ικ. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Πa in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a weak member.[6]
The manuscript together with 386, 388, and 390 belonged to Giovanni Angelo Herzog von Altaemps (died 1627).[3]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7] It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.[8] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
As of 2009, the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottob. gr. 297) in Rome.[2]