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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 219 parchment leaves (size ), with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-10:1; Luke 23:56; John 1:1-18). The text is written in one column per page, 18-24 lines per page. It contains the tables of the before each of the Gospels, the Ammonian Sections, (not the Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of . == Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V. Wisse did not examine its text by using his Profile Method. == History ==

F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century. Formerly the manuscript was held in Constantinople (Hellenikou Philologikou Sullogou 5). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. The manuscript currently is housed at the Turkish Historical Society (5), at Ankara. == See also ==