▁composed ▁of ▁ 8 3 0 ▁par ch ment ▁leaves , ▁but ▁it ▁appears ▁that ▁ 7 1 ▁leaves ▁have ▁been ▁lost . ▁Currently , ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁consists ▁of ▁ 6 1 7 ▁sheets ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁of ▁ 1 4 2 ▁sheets . ▁The ▁par ch ment ▁is ▁fine ▁and ▁thin . ▁The ▁actual ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁pages ▁is ▁; ▁although ▁the ▁original ▁was ▁bigger . ▁The ▁code x ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁three ▁columns ▁per ▁page , ▁with ▁ 4 0 – 4 4 ▁lines ▁per ▁page , ▁and ▁ 1 6 – 1 8 ▁letters ▁per ▁line . ▁In ▁the ▁poet ical ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁( OT ) ▁there ▁are ▁only ▁two ▁columns ▁to ▁a ▁page . ▁In ▁Pent ate uch , ▁Josh ua , ▁Jud ges , ▁Ruth , ▁and ▁ 1 ▁Kings ▁ 1 : 1 – 1 9 : 1 1 ▁there ▁are ▁ 4 4 ▁lines ▁in ▁a ▁column ; ▁in ▁ 2 ▁Chron icles ▁ 1 0 : 1 6 – 2 6 : 1 3 ▁there ▁are ▁ 4 0 ▁lines ▁in ▁a ▁column ; ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁always ▁ 4 2 . ▁The ▁manuscript ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁very ▁few ▁New ▁Testament ▁manuscript s ▁to ▁be ▁written ▁with ▁three ▁columns ▁per ▁page . ▁The ▁other ▁two ▁Greek ▁cod ices ▁written ▁in ▁that ▁way ▁are ▁Un cial ▁ 0 4 8 ▁and ▁Un cial ▁ 0 5 3 . ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁compr ises ▁a ▁single