It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.[4][3]
The manuscript was examined and collated by Matthaei.[7] Formerly it was labeled by 252a and 302p.[4] Gregory saw it in 1887. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 255 to it.
At the end of 1943 year has increased the frequency of the bombing of Berlin. The Prussian State Library sent many collections out of Berlin to be sheltered in Silesia for safekeeping. As the result of postwar border changes some of these collections were found in Poland (among them minuscule 255). They were moved to the Jagiellonian University Library.[8]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Jagiellonian Library (Fonds der Berliner Hss. Graec. quarto 40) at Kraków.[2]
^ abcdK. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 62.
^C. F. Matthaei, Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine (Riga, 1782-1788).(as 12)
^Sroka Marek, The Music Collection of the Former Prussian State Library at the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków, Poland: Past, Present, and Future Developments, Library Trends - Volume 55, Number 3, Winter 2007, pp. 651-664
