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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 398 leaves (size ) with only one lacunae (Mark 2:5-15). The text is written in one column per page, 19-21 lines per page in very neat minuscule letters. The initial letters in gold or red. The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with occasional (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Matthew 355, Mark 233 – 16:8; Luke 342, John 230 sections), with references to the Eusebian Canons. == Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. == History ==

The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 14th century. Currently it has been assigned by the INTF to the 13th century. 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 Mill (Bodl. 1), Griesbach, and Wetstein in 1746. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (Barocci 31), at Oxford. == See also ==