Description
It contains text of the four Gospels with a large number of lacunae. The manuscript text is in two columns, 16 lines, 12 letters in line, in large uncial letters. The lettering is in silver ink on vellum dyed purple, with gold ink for nomina sacra (ΙΣ, ΘΣ, ΚΣ, ΥΣ, and ΣΩΤΗΡ). It has errors of iotacisms, as the change of ι and ει, αι and ε.
It can be calculated that the original codex contained 462 leaves.
Before each Gospels, the tables of κεφαλαια (tables of contents) were placed. The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. At the top of the pages τίτλοι (titles of chapters) are preserved. The Ammonian sections and the Eusebian Canons are presented in the margin.
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