Minuscule 143 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A 125 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 275 thick parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[2] Size of the text . The large initial letters in gold.
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (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 Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and pictures.[3] It contains a marginal commentary (Victor's on Mark).[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
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.[6]
On the first leaf is read, it was presented to Paul IV, a Pope (1555–1559).[4]
It was examined by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1229), at Rome.[2]