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[1] The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.

[5][6] The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

Kurt Aland placed it in any Category V.[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.

[8] F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.

[5][2] Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr.