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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 277 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the left margin of the text and their (titles) are given at the top. The text is also divided according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240, the last section in 16:19), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there are not a references to the Eusebian Canons. The manuscript contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning. It contains lectionary markings at the margin, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end, and pictures. == Text ==

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

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th or 12th century. The manuscript once belonged to the monk Gerasimus. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (717). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883. At present the manuscript is housed at the British Library (Cheltenham) in London. == See also ==