Minuscule 395 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 216 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It contains marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 170 parchment leaves . The text is written in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page.[2] The text of John 1:19-25 was supplied by a later hand in the 18th century.
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) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections, 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains the tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, pictures, and marginal corrections.[3]
It is a palimpsest. The text of minuscule 395 is the upper text of the palimpsest. The lower text is unidentified, written in two columns with 30 lines in columns.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Ir (similar to Λ group). Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 490 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[5]
The manuscript was bought about 1765 A.D.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[6] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Casanatense (165) in Rome.[2]