The codex contains lessons for selected days only from the Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Luke, and Acts of the Apostles.[2]
It is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 195 parchment leaves (23.5 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 28 lines per page.[1] It contains many valuable readings (akin to those of codices A, D, E), but with numerous errors.[3] In Acts of the Apostles and Epistles it is close to ℓ158.[4]
In Mark 10:40 it has textual variant ητοιμασται παρα του πατρος instead of ητοιμασται (majority mss). Some manuscripts have ητοιμασται υπο του πατρος μου (א*, b, (Θ παρα), f110711241ita, itr1Diatessaron).[5]
The manuscript was written by Helias, a priest and monk, "in castro Colonia", for the use of the French monastery of St. Denys.[3] It belonged to the monastery Dionysius, then to de Thou, then to Colbert. It was examined by Moutfaucon.[2] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[3]
^ abcAland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 222. ISBN3-11-011986-2.
^The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. 168.
^The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. 277.
^Henry Omont, Fac-similés des manuscrits grecs datés de la Bibliothèque Nationale du IXe et XIVe siècle (Paris, 1891), 14.
^Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 144
^The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, A. Black, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, in cooperation with INTF, United Bible Societies, 3rd edition, (Stuttgart 1983), p. XXVIII.