How it got there nobody knows. It is one of the three great Greek codices to have survived to today, ranking with its contemporary, the fourth - century Sinaiticus, and the early fifth - century Alexandrinus.
कोडेक्स वॅटिकॅनस १२०९ वॅटिकन पुस्तकालय के पहले सूचीपत्र में दर्ज है, जो १४७५ में बनाया गया था ।