Binding: Bound, s. XVI (?), in red velvet over earlier wooden boards; grove along edges of boards can be verified by feel; headbands in blue and white chevron pattern. Other decoration, ff. 1r-244v: Decorative headpieces of geometric and interlacing patterns in red and black; 1- to 4-line initials in red, often including a hand or dog-like creature's head. Layout, ff. 1r-244v: 2 columns of 24 lines except for ff. 1r-2v, which are in long lines.
Former Owner(s):
Edwin Hanson Freshfield (1864?-1948); Isaac Foot (1880-1960), Lord Mayor of Plymouth; acquired with the Foot Collection by the University of California system (1962).
Manuscript note: Freshfield's armorial bookplate inside of front cover; Foot's bookplate inside of back cover. Bibliography: Kurt Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments(Berlin 1963) no. 1983. ff. 1r-244v: Greek.
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