Present Location
The 231 extant folios of the manuscript are kept in different libraries:
- 182 leaves in the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg,
- 33 leaves in the Library of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on the Island of Patmos, Greece, Mark 6:53-7:4; 7:20-8:32; 9:1-10:43; 11:7-12:19; 14:25-15:23;
- 6 leaves in the Vatican Library in Rome, Matthew 19:6-13; 20:6-22; 20:29-21:19
- 4 leaves in London, British Library, Cotton Titus C. XV; Matthew 26:57-65; 27:26-34; John 14:2-10; 15:15-22; they were named the Codex Cottonianus;
- 2 leaves in the National Library of Austria in Vienna,
- 1 leaf in the Morgan Library in New York,
- 1 leaf in the Byzantine Museum in Athens,
- 1 leaf in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki
- 1 leaf in the private collection of Marquis А. Spinola in Lerma (1), Italy.
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