The codex contains almost complete text of the Acts, Pauline epistles, and the Book of Revelation on 286 parchment leaves, with only one lacuna. The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page. According to the colophon it was written in 1087. The headpieces with geometric decorations. The initial letters in red. It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφάλαια before each book, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of στίχοι. Ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24.
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The Greek text of the codex is an eclectic, in the Epistles it is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type and the Byzantine in the Acts and Apocalypse. Aland placed it in Category III in epistles, and in Category V in the Acts and Book of Revelation. In Acts 12:25 it has unique reading εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ; the reading is supported by some manuscripts of copsa; majority reads εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ – א, B, H, L, P, 049, 056, 0142, 81, 88, 326, 330, 451, 629, 1241, 1505, 1877, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect; In Acts 18:26 it reads τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ὁδόν along with P, Ψ, 049, 0142, 330, 451, 1241, 1877, 2127, 2492, Byz, Lect; In Acts 20:15 it reads καὶ μείναντες ἐν Στογυλίῳ. In Acts 27:16 it reads Κλαύδαν for Κλαύδην, this reading is supported by Minuscule 88 and Lectionary 60. In Acts 27:41 it reads ἀπὸ τῆς βίας τῶν κυμάτων along with אc; In Romans 8:1 it reads Ἰησοῦ κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα, for Ἰησοῦ. The reading of the manuscript is supported by אc, Dc, K, P, 33, 88, 181, 326, 330,, 456, 614, 630, 1241, 1877, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect. In Romans 13:9 it has additional phrase οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις, the reading is supported by the manuscripts: א 048 81 365 1506 a b vgcl copbo The ending of the Epistle to the Romans has an unusual order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24. In 1 Corinthians 2:1 it reads μαρτύριον along with B D G P Ψ 33 81 181 326 330 451 614 629 630 1241 1739 1877 1881 1962 1984 2127 2492 2495 Byz Lect it vg syrh copsa arm eth. Other manuscripts read μυστήριον or σωτήριον. In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τῇ προσευχῇ along with 11, 46, א*, A, B, C, D, F, G, P, Ψ, 6, 33, 81, 181, 629, 630, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, it, vg, cop, arm, eth. Other manuscripts read τῇ νηστείᾳ καὶ τῇ προσευχῇ or τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. In Galatians 3:21 it reads του Χριστου for του Θεου. In 1 Thessalonians 2:7 it reads νήπιοι, the corrector changed it into ἢπιοι. In 1 Timothy 3:16 it has textual variant θεὸς ἐφανερώθη , against ὃς ἐφανερώθη supported by Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33, 365, 442, 2127, ℓ599. In 2 Timothy 4:10 it reads Γαλλιαν, along with Sinaiticus C 81 326 436; other manuscript read Γαλατιαν or Γαλιλαιαν. In 2 Timothy 4:22 it reads Ἰησοῦς for κύριος along with manuscripts Codex Alexandrinus, 614, vgst. In Hebrews 8:11 it reads πλησιον for πολιτην — P, 81, 436, 629, 630, and 1985. In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος together with the manuscripts: Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus 424c, 614, 1739c, 2412, 2495, ℓ598m, syrh, copsa, copbo, Origen. Bart D. Ehrman identified this reading as Orthodox corrupt reading.
