Minuscule 143 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), A
125 (
Soden),
is a
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament, on parchment leaves.
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '' Walter de Gruyter'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 55.] It has
marginalia
Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, drolleries, or illuminations.
Biblical manuscripts
Biblical manuscripts have ...
.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four
Gospels on 275 thick parchment leaves (size ).
[ 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 (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).][
It contains the tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, and pictures.]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
On the first leaf is read, it was presented to Paul IV, a Pope (1555–1559).[
It was examined by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz. ]C. R. Gregory
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* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
* Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies
* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
saw the manuscript in 1886.[
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1229), at Rome.][
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
11th-century biblical manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Vatican Library