[3] It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.
[4][3] Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
The Prussian State Library sent many collections out of Berlin to be sheltered in Silesia for safekeeping.
As the result of postwar border changes some of these collections were found in Poland (among them Minuscule 255).
[8] The manuscript is currently housed at the Jagiellonian Library (Fonds der Berliner Hss.