The numerals of the κεφαλαια are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) are written at the top of the pages.
[3][6]: 19 It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, tables of contents (also known as κεφαλαια) before each Gospel, lectionary markings for liturgical use, incipits, liturgical books: Synaxarion and Menologion, subscriptions at the end each of the Gospels with the numbers of lines (known as στιχοι / stichoi).
[3][7][6]: 19-20 According to biblical scholar and textual critic Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, it is a beautiful codex.
These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.
[8] The Caesarean text-type however (initially identified by biblical scholar Burnett Hillman Streeter) has been contested by several text-critics, such as Kurt and Barbara Aland.
Kurt Aland placed it in Category III of his New Testament manuscript classification system.
[10] In its main text it lacks the passage of Matthew 16:2b–3, however this was added by a later hand in the margin.
[11] William Henry Simcox collated a major part of Luke as per Gregory's request.