Minuscule 389
Minuscule 389 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment, dating to the 11th century. It contains the four Gospels on 197 leaves, each 17.1 by 13.6 cm, written in one column per page with 23 lines per page and with marginal notes.
The text is divided according to chapters (kephalaia) with numbers in the margins and titles (titloi) at the top and bottom of the pages. There is also a division into Ammonian Sections with references to the Eusebian Canons. It includes the Eusebian Canon tables, tables of contents before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of stichoi, and pictures.
Scholars place it in the broader textual tradition but view different aspects differently: Hermann von Soden assigned it to family Ικ, while Kurt Aland did not place its Greek text in any category. The Claremont Profile Method shows it as a weak member of textual family Πa in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
Historically, Minuscule 389, along with 386, 388, and 390, belonged to Giovanni Angelo Herzog von Altaemps (died 1627). It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz, examined by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi, and seen by C. R. Gregory in 1886. As of 2009, it resides in the Vatican Library (Ottob. gr. 297) in Rome.
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