The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 274 thick parchment leaves (33.6 cm by 23.3 cm). The text is written in 1 column per page, biblical text in 36 lines per page, text of commentary in 51 lines per page.[4] According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is carelessly written.[5]
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 Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each of the Gospels, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, numbers of στιχοι, pictures, and catenae. It has the commentaries of (ChrysostomosinMatthew, Luke, and John, VictorinusinMark).[5]
It contains the famous Jerusalem Colophon.[4]
The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th-century.[2][3]
The codex was brought from the East in 1669. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by J. J. Wettstein, who gave it the number 20. It was collated by Scholz and W. F. Rose.[5] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[9]C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4]
^ abcAland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments (2 ed.). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 48. ISBN3-11-011986-2.
^ abc"Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
^Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin (1883). Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris. Paris. pp. 31–35.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
