Minuscule 143
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Minuscule 143 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A 125 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 275 thick parchment leaves (size 32 cm by 24.5 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[1] Size of text 19 cm by 10.5 cm.[2]
It contains the tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, and pictures.[2] It contains a marginal commentary (Victor's on Mark).[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
On the first leaf is read, it was presented to Paul IV (1555-1559).[3]
It was examined by Birch and Scholz.[2]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1229), at Rome.[1]
See also
References
- 1. 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.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 158.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 213.
- 4. Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.
