The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 218 parchment leaves (size 21.8 cm by 17 cm),[2] with a small lacunae of John 20:27-21:12 due to a missing page.[3] The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves in quire).[4] The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.[2]
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, synaxaria, Menologion, doubled Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with the numbers of ρηματα, and numbers of στιχοι in the subscriptions.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group Λ in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20 (though in Luke 20 it is a very weak member).[7]
The colophon reads as follows: Ετελειωθη η ιερα βιβλος αυτη μην οκτωβριω κθ, ημερα παρασκευη, ωρα θ, ετει ςφκβ. Ινδ. Ιβ. Γραφεν δια χειρος Λουκα μοναχου και ευτελους ιερεως. According to E. Miller this date corresponds to 1014 CE.[4] Actually it is deciphered as 1013 A.D.[2]
The manuscript was written by Luke, a monk and scribe.[5]
It was described by Moldenhawer, who collated it about 1783 CE for Birch.[8] It was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848.[4] Jacob Greelings examined the text of the Gospel of John.[9]
^ abcdK. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60.
^von Soden, Hermann (1911). Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht. p. 144.
