The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing the text of the four Gospels written on 188 thick parchment leaves (21.7 by 18.8 cm).

[2] There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (an early division of the Gospels), with references to the Eusebian Canons written below the Ammonian Section numbers, along with information on parallel passages in other gospels written at the bottom.

This comparison was published after Ferrar's early death by his friend, T. K. Abbot, in 1887 as A Collation of Four Important Manuscripts of the Gospels.

[2] Textual critic Kurt Aland placed it in Category III of his New Testament manuscripts classification system.

"[7]: 335  According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it is a weak member of ƒ13 in Luke chapters 1, 10, and 20.

[5] The person responsible for bringing it to Vienna was János Zsámboky (known as "Sambucus"), the imperial librarian, who brought it from Naples.

It was examined by Treschow, the biblical scholars Francis Karl Alter, Birch, William Hugh Ferrar, Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, C. R. Gregory (in 1887), and Kirsopp & Silva Lake.

[6]: 17  A recollation of minuscule 124 was made by Kirsopp and Silva Lake from the original manuscript.