[2] The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose tables of contents are given before each Gospel (also known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), the chapter numbers are noted in the page marginss, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) are written at the top of the pages.

[4]: 79 It contains the Epistle to Carpian, prolegomena, lectionary equipment, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, ornaments and pictures in vermilion and gold.

[5] This sentiment is echoed by Biblical Scholar Herman C. Hoskier, who describes it as a "most beautiful manuscript" and which was "prepared with the utmost care".

Copied and corrected from the ancient manuscripts in Jerusalem preserved on the Holy Mountain.

ἐγράφη καἰ ἀντεβλήθη ὁμοίως ἐκ τῶν ἐσπουδασμένων; ἐν στίχοις χιλίοις πεντακοσίοις, πεντήκοντα.

ἐγράφη καἰ ἀντεβλήθη ὁμοίως ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀντιγράφων.

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

[7] Textual critic Hermann von Soden lists it among the group Is (along with codices 235, 245, 291, 713, and 1012).

Textual critic Kurt Aland placed it in Category III of his New Testament manuscript classification system.

ἀμήν (For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit for ever.

The manuscript belonged to the Ducal Library at Urbino, and was brought to Rome by Pope Clement VII (1523-1534).

[3] Scrivener noted that this codex often agrees with codices Vaticanus (B), Bezae (D), Regius (L), 69, 106, and especially with Minuscule 1.