The codex contains 327 parchment leaves, written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. It is a palimpsest, the upper text is the codex 1834, dated to 1301. It contains the commentary of Euthalius on the Acts and the Pauline epistles together with the biblical text. It has breathings, accents, and apostrophes. The accents are often used wrongly. It has "Martyrdom of Peter and Paul". It has errors of itacism. The letters αι and ε, η, ει and ι, ο and ω, and sometimes οι and υ are confused. Ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25–27; 16:24. At the end of the Second Epistle to Timothy it has the subscription Τιμοθεον Β' απο Ρωμης, the same as manuscripts 6, 1739, 1881. ; Lacunae Acts 1:1–2:13; Romans 2:16–3:4; 8:32–9:10; 11:23–12:1; 1 Cor. 7:15–17; 12:23–13:5; 14:23–39; 2 Cor. 2:13–16; Col. 3:16–4:8; 1 Thes. 3:5–4:17; 1 John 3:20–5:1; Jude 4–15; Rev. 16:12–17:1; 19:21–20:9; 22:6–end.
Text
The Greek text of the Pauline and General epistles is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with a large number of an alien readings. It is only a tertiary witness of the Alexandrian text. Aland placed it in Category III. Text of Acts and Revelation has typical Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. In Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα, for Ιησου. The reading of the manuscript is supported by אc, Dc, K, 33, 88, 104, 181, 326, 330,, 456, 614, 630, 1241, 1877, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect. The ending of the Epistle to the Romans has an unusual order of verses: 16:23; 16:25–27; 16:24. In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη along with 11, 46, א*, A, B, C, D, F, G, Ψ, 6, 33, 81, 104, 181, 629, 630, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, it vg, cop, arm, eth. Other manuscripts read τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη or τη προσευχη και νηστεια. In 1 Timothy 3:16 it has textual variant θεός ἐφανερώθη , against ὃς ἐφανερώθη supported by Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33, 365, 442, 2127, ℓ599. In Hebrews 8:11 it reads πλησιον for πολιτην, the reading is supported by 81, 104, 436, 629, 630, and 1985. In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος καὶ αἵματος along with the manuscripts: 81, 88, 442, 630, 915, 2492, arm, eth. Bart D. Ehrman identified it as Orthodox corrupt reading. In Rev 1:5 it reads λουσαντι ημας απο along with 046, 94, 1006, 1859, 2042, 2065, 2073, 2138, 2432. In Revelation 8:13 it reads αγγελου along with 104, 205, 254, 336, 367, 620, 632, 680, 922, 1773, 1876, 2026, 2028, 2029, 2037, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2049, 2056, 2057, 2059, 2060, 2067, 2073, 2074, 2081, 2186, 2286, 2302, 2436, 2449, 2493, 2595, 2681, 2814, 2886, and 2919.
History
The manuscript was discovered by Tischendorf in 1862 at Saint Petersburg in the possession of the Archimandrite Porphyrius Uspensky, who allowed him to take it to Leipzig to decipher lower script. Tischendorf edited its text in Monumenta sacra inedita vol. V-VI. The codex is located now at the National Library of Russia, in Saint Petersburg.
