Minuscule 143


Minuscule 143, A 125, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 275 thick parchment leaves. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. Size of the text. The large initial letters in gold.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and pictures. It contains a marginal commentary.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It belongs to the textual cluster Ω.

History

On the first leaf is read, it was presented to Paul IV, a Pope.
It was examined by Birch and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library, at Rome.