History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century. Eduard de Muralt and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.
Until the 40s of the 16th century the manuscript was kept at the Great Lavra of St Athanasius on Mount Athos, then it belonged to Pierre Seguier (1588-1672), Chancellor of France. It was a part of the Fonds Coislin (Gr. 196). At the end of the 18th century Peter P. Dubrovsky (1754-1816), serving as the secretary to the Russian Embassy at Paris, acquired the manuscript. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852),
The manuscript was described by Bernard de Montfaucon. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin, collated by Eduard de Muralt. A new collation was made by M. Davies.
The restoration work of the manuscript was made in 1968, the portraits of the four Evangelists were repainted.
Since 1805 the manuscript is currently housed at the National Library of Russia (Gr. 101) at Saint Petersburg.
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