Minuscule 394 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 460 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1330.[2] It was adapted for liturgical use.
The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Book of Revelation on 344 parchment leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 29 lines per page,[2] in silver ink.
It contains Argumentum, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment on a margin, numbers of stichoi, synaxaria, Menologion, Euthalian Apparatus to the Acts, Catholic and Pauline epistles.[3]
The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to subgroup 35.[5]
The manuscript was written by Michael, a priest.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] Oscar von Gebhardt saw it in 1882, C. R. Gregory in 1886.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana (EF. 17) in Rome.[2]