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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 277 parchment leaves (size {{×|21.5|15.7}}). The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page. The text of Luke 16:7 and the most of John was written by a later hand from the 15th century.{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

|author2=Edward Miller

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| page = 215

| volume = 1

}}{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| page = 162

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n175/mode/2up

}}

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, the {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles of chapters) are given at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).

It contains prolegomena, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each Gospel (occasionally inserted by later hand), lectionary equipment at the margin for liturgical use, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (lessons), and numbers of {{lang|grc|στιχοι}} (occasionally by later hand). The Synaxarion and Menologion were added by later hand.

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| author-link = Kurt Aland

| last2 = Aland

| first2 = Barbara

| author-link2 = Barbara Aland

| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)

| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1995

| location = Grand Rapids

| page = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n160 138]

| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt

| url-access = limited

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^r. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family K^r in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to subgroup 35.{{Cite book

| last = Wisse

| first = Frederik

| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1982

| location = Grand Rapids

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/56 56, 92]

| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/56

| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4

| url-access = registration

}}

Currently the manuscript is dated to the 13th century.

It was examined by Bianchini, Birch (about 1782), and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.

It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana (C. 61), at Rome.

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| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| page = 162

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n175/mode/2up

}}

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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules

Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts