Minuscule 398

[2][3] The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type with exception for the General epistles.

[2] The manuscript once belonged to François Vatable, friend of Robert Estienne and professor of Hebrew in Paris.

[2] Formerly number 398 (Scholz) belonged to a commentary housed in the Turin National University Library (C. II.

It contains 310 leaves (31.1 by 21.8 cm), written in 2 columns and 30 lines per page, dated to the 13th century.

In 1908 Gregory removed it from the list of the New Testament manuscripts because it is rather a commentary, with incomplete text of the Gospels.