History
It has a colophon on the folio 344 verso, written by the same hand and in the same ink as the main text of the manuscript: ετελειωθη Θυ χαριτι η ιερα αυτη και θεοχαρακτος βιβλος μηνι μαιω ζ ινδικτιωνος ιγ ετους στμγ. δυσωπω δε παντας τους εντυγχανοντας μνιαν μου ποιεισθαι του γραψαντος Νικολαου αμαρ(ωλου) μοναχ(ου) οπως ευροιμι ελεος εν εμερα κρισεως, γενοιτο κε αμην.
Probably the codex was written by monk named Nicolaus. It is the oldest dated minuscule Greek manuscript known today. Before discovering of this codex, the earliest dated cursive was Minuscule 14 (AD 964), and it was commonly believed that minuscule writing was not used in the 9th century. The manuscript was probably written in Constantinople, but later it belonged to the monastery of Mar Saba (9) in Palestine. According to Victor Gardthausen, a palaeographer, the manuscript was seen by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz when he visited Mar Saba.
In 1844 Bishop Porphiryj Uspienski took it and brought it to Russia. It was examined and described by Victor Gardthausen in 1877, and Archimandrit Amphilochius in 1879 (translated by Oscar von Gebhardt in 1881).
The manuscript is cited in Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, because of its date.
The codex is held in Saint Petersburg (National Library of Russia, Gr. 219. 213. 101).
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