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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 255 parchment leaves (size ) with some lacunae (Luke 5:22-9:32; 11:31-13:25; 17:25-18:3; John 8:14-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, 23-25 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (titles) at the top. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in red ink), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no references to the Eusebian Canons. It used capital letters at the beginning of each section. A later hand is very busy in the margin, supplying the omissions through homoeoteleuton of the first scribe, or altering the original readings. There are more itacisms than in many other manuscripts. == Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. == History ==

The manuscript was held in Escorial, then it belonged to Charles Burney, as codices 480, 481, 482, 484, and ℓ 184. It was purchased for the British Museum in 1818. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener, who thoroughly it examined and collated. Scrivener published its text in 1852. It is currently housed at the British Library (Burney MS 23) in London. == See also ==