Arethas of Caesarea, was Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (modern Kayseri, Turkey) early in the 10th century, the codices produced by him, containing his commentaries are credited with preserving many ancient texts, including those of which Marcus Aurelius texts?
Arethas of Caesarea Arethas of Caesarea (Greek: Ἀρέθας ; born c. 860 AD) was Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (modern Kayseri, Turkey) early in the 10th century, and is considered one of the most scholarly theologians of the Greek Orthodox Church. The codices produced by him, containing his commentaries are credited with preserving many ancient texts, including those of Plato and Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations".
Minuscule 1143 Minuscule 1143 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1035 (von Soden), also known as the "Beratinus 2", or "Codex Aureus Anthimi". It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on purple parchment, dated paleographically to the 9th century. This is one of the seven “purple codices” in the world to have survived to the present day, and one of the two known purple minuscules (Minuscule 565 is the other) written with a gold ink.