Minuscule 280 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 294 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 177 parchment leaves, with lacuna (Mark 8:3-15:36). The text is written in one column per page, in 25-26 lines per page.[2]
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 of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (Matthew 358, Mark 237 – the last section in 16:19, Luke 342, John 226), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, synaxaria, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]] in Matthew.[3] [4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Πa in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a core member.[6]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 87) at Paris.[2]