Origine: Stampoul (Istanbul), Church of Saint Nikoghayos.

Période: Armenian Era 1056, 23th of December - AD 1606.

Support: Paper.

Volume: 256+1 (repeated f. 57), unwritten 2AB, 2v, 3r, 4v, 5r, 6v, 7r, 8v, 9r, 10v, 11r, 174r.

Format: 19 x 14 cm.

Numérotation des pages: It has a later pagination with pencil, 1r-255r.

Composition des cahiers: I-XIII x 20 (I 17, XIII 19). The quire numbers in Armenian letters are written in the lower margin, at the beginning and at the end of each gathering: 17v-18r, 37v-38r, 57v-58r, 76v-77r, 96v-97r, 116v-117r, 136v-137r, 156v-157r, 176v-177r, 196v-197r, 216v-217r, 236v-237r.

Etat: Satisfactory. The lower part of the leather cover flap is cut off. On some pages, there are ink traces and remnants from candle burning. The paper is partly restored. There are small red cloth tabs on the edges of folios 61, 102, 170 and 221, meant to serve as bookmarks. The upper, lower and outer foredges are discolored. The tear of the lower margin on the folio 30 is patched.

Mise en page: double columns, 25 lines, 14 x 10.

Ajouts: Certain corrections and additions have been inserted in the margins of folios 194v, 228v, 246v, 251r, 253r.

Reliure: Blind stamped dark brown leather over wooden boards, with flap and with attached silver binding (plaques). The marginal sides are red, with floral pattern. Fly-leaf: 2 (A-B) + 1 (G), white paper, part of the lining.
One of the chief features of the manuscript is the impressive silver binding probably made a century after the manuscript writing. The front cover is decorated with the scenes depicting the Ascension with the enthroned Christ surrounded by the four creatures of the tetramorph and the Virgin Mary with the Apostles. The silver back cover represents the Coronation of the Virgin by the Holy Trinity. The binding is typical to the Armenian silver bookbinding traditions of the 17th-18th centuries, especially of the Armenian school of Caesarea/Kayseri that have been influenced by the western iconographic traditions. This tendency was in large part due to the very well-developed Armenian bookprinting craft throughout Europe, as well as in Constantinople, where manuscript copying continued into the early nineteenth century. The scenes with typical western iconography can be found not only on the decorations of silver bindings but also in the woodcuts used in the Armenian printing houses: initially Armenian publishers were copying or using the woodcuts made by the western craftsmen. The western iconography of this silver binding is inspired by this source.

Matériel supplémentaire: Three small fragments, cut out of another manuscript, are written in bolorgir (minuscule) in the 17th century. These fragments, meant to serve as bookmarks, are parts of the Gospels:
1. «[Բեթսայ ]իդայ ,ի ք[աղաքէ] [Ան]դրեայ եւ Պե[տ]րոսի» (“Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida”), John 1:44.
2. «[յ ]աշ խարհն գեր[գես]սացոց,որ է յ ա[յ ն]կոյ ս հանդեպ [Գ]ալ իլ եայ ։ Ընդ ել անել ն» (“to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. When [Jesus] stepped ashore”), Luke 8:26-27.
3.«[եւ ան]դ էր մինչեւ ցվախճան Հերովդէի։ Զի լ ցցի ասացեալ ն ի Տեառնէ ի ձեռն մարգարէին,որ ասէ» (“And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying”), Matthew 2:14-15.