The lower text of the manuscript contains fragments of the chapters 1:1-11:33 of the [[Gospel of Luke]]. The codex comprisesconsists of 86 thick, coarse parchment leaves and three partial leaves;{{r|Aland}}{{r|Waltz}} (36 x 29 cm).{{r|Gregory}} The text was written in a single column with well-formed [[uncial script]]. The letters are large, round and narrow, without [[spiritus asper]], [[spiritus lenis]], or accents.<ref name="Gregory">{{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 | url=https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n103/mode/2up }}</ref>{{rp|91}} The manuscript was written by two scribes.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Parker | first=David C. | title=Manuscripts, texts, theology: collected papers 1977-2007 | page=114 | year=2009 | publisher=Walter de Gruyter | ___location=Berlin | url=http://paperc.de/2617-manuscripts-texts-theology-9783110211948#!/pages/114 | isbn=978-3-11-021193-1 | access-date=2011-10-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219025836/http://paperc.de/2617-manuscripts-texts-theology-9783110211948#!/pages/114 | archive-date=2010-12-19 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Abbreviations are rarely used in the codex. The handwriting is very close to that of the [[Rossano Gospels]].<ref name="Pocock">{{Cite book | first=Nicholas | last=Pocock | title=The Codex Zacynthius | year=1881 | publisher=The Academy | ___location=London | url=https://archive.org/stream/academyliteratur19londuoft#page/136/mode/2up }}</ref>{{rp|137}} Some [[itacism]] errors occur. It uses grammatical forms typical of the ancient manuscripts (e.g. ειπαν, ηλθαν, ευραν), which are not used in later medieval manuscripts.{{r|Pocock}}{{rp|137}}
