The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 259 leaves with size 30.7 cm by 24 cm. The text is written in one column per page, 21-22 lines per page.[2][3] In Gospel of Matthew verses 16:2b-3 (signs of the times) are omitted.[4]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last numbered section in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons.[4]
It contains liturgical books with hagiographies (synaxaria and Menologion), pictures, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of the Gospels, and numbers of στιχοι.[5]
The manuscript was dated by Scholz to the 11th century. Gregory dated it to the 12th century.[4] Currently it has been assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.[2][3]
The codex was brought from Athos to England by César de Missy (1703-1775), French chaplain of George III, King of England, who spent his life in collecting materials for an edition of the New Testament. It was examined by Amelotte, Simon, Wetstein in 1746, Scholz, and Bloomfield (1860). Wettstein gave a collation, but very imperfect.[5]
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
^ abcK. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
^ abc"Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2014-10-19.