Minuscule 388

[3] It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of stichoi, and pictures.

[3][4] The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.

[5] The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is omitted.

[3] The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Ottob.