[4] The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

Hermann von Soden classified it to the Antiocheian (i.e. Byzantine) commentated text.

[5] According to the colophon it was written in Rome, April 25, 1478 by John Rhosos of Crete for Francis Gonzaga Cardinal of St. Maria Nuova.

There is a note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga.

[4] Nathaniel Noel purchased it for the Harleian Library between 20 January between 1721 and 1722.