[2] It is a catena manuscript, with the main New Testament text in the middle and a commentary surrounding it.

[3] The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing the entire New Testament with only one gap (this being Matthew 1:23-2:16) on 337 parchment leaves (sized 28 by 18 cm).

The manuscript marginal comments are from the early church father John Chrysostom, however these are only present in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles, with the book of Revelation lacking any commentary.

[1][5] The Greek text of the codex is considered a representative of the Byzantine text-type, though with many non-Byzantine readings.

These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.

[6]: 205-230  The Caesarean text-type however (initially identified by Streeter) has been contested by several text-critics, such as Kurt and Barbara Aland.

"[7]: 336  It is one of only two catena manuscripts which are cited for variants in the gospel text in the Nestle-Aland critical edition of the New Testament (the other being Codex Zacynthius).