The codex contains lessons from the GospelsofJohn, Matthew, Lukelectionary (Evangelistarium), on 209 parchment leaves (31.2 cm by 20.5 cm).[3][4]
The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 28-30 lines per page.[1][2] It contains pictures.[3][4] The first leaf contains the history of St. Varus and six martyrs.[3]
it reads υιος σου for παις σου, the reading is supported by Codex Bezae (Greek text), Codex Cyprius, Codex Regius, Codex Petropolitanus, 33, 892, 1071, 1079, 1216, 1230, 1241 and other mss.[6]
John 6: 42
It reads την μητερα και τον πατερα for τον πατερα και την μητερα;[7]
It is a palimpsest, the lower text contains a Menaion, for January, was written in minuscule letters, in the 11th century.[1]
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, Gregory dated it to the 12th or 13th century.[3][4] It is presently assigned by the INTF to the 12th century.[1][2]
The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3,[8] UBS4.[9])
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (number 218) and Gregory (number 211). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
^The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. XXVIII.
^The Greek New Testament, ed. B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 4th revised edition, (United Bible Societies, Stuttgart 2001), p. 21. ISBN978-3-438-05110-3
