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[2][3] It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, but no τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages, lectionary equipment at the margin (for liturgical use), and numbers of stichoi.

[4] According to the subscription at the end of the Epistle to the Romans, the Letter was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription appears in manuscripts: 90, 216, 339, 462, 466*, 642;[5] Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not assigned in any Category.

According to Scrivener codex "exhibits many readings of the same class as codices 1, 13, 33, but its authority has the less weight".

[4] In Revelation 8:13, it gives the unique reading of "ἀγγέλου ὡς ἀετοῦ" (angel like an eagle).

Mill ascribed it as "exemplar Regium Maedicaeum", and remarked its resemblance to the Codex Angelicus.