History
According to the colophon, it was written on April 20, 1044, by a scribe named John for the wish another monk, named Jakob.
The codex was discovered by Constantin von Tischendorf in Egypt in 1853, who took 57 leaves of the codex (Acts of the Apostles) with himself. He sold it to the Trustees of the British Museum in 1854. Now they are located in British Library (Add. 20003) at London. 225 leaves are still in Alexandria, where are held in the Patriarchat Library (59).
Formerly it was labelled by 61a and 61p (Gregory). In 1908 C. R. Gregory gave for it number 81.
Tischendorf collated and published text of it in 1854 (Anecdota sacra). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
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