title: Lectionary 143
text: # Lectionary 143
  
  Lectionary 143, designated by siglum ℓ 143 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 8th-century.
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains Lessons Gospels lectionary for the Sunday and feasts with numerous lacunae. It contains texts of Matthew 2:1-11; Luke 12:8-12; and John 20:30f.
  
  The text is written in Greek uncial letters, on 4 parchment leaves (32 by 26 cm), in one column per page, 15 lines per page.
  
  It was described by J. Leopoldt in 1903 along with Uncial 0164.
  
  Currently the codex is located in:
  
  * Berlin State Museums, P. 8771 (Frg);
  * National Library of France, Copt. 129,19 fol. 73;
  * Vatican Library, Borg. copt. 109 (Cass. 23, Fasc. 97), 2 fol.
  
  The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3, UBS4).
  
  