Mark 13:0
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Codex
Rossano Gospels
1 of 3042
Earliest Date~AD 500 (6th Century)
Current LocationRossano Cathedral, Calabria, Italy
Found LocationRossano Cathedral, Calabria, Italy
Scribal Context & Details
It is one of the oldest surviving illuminated manuscripts of the New Testament, famous for its prefatory cycle of miniatures of subjects from the Life of Christ. It is penned in silver ink on parchment which has been dyed reddish-purple.
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Codex
Codex Basilensis
2 of 307
Earliest Date~AD 700 (8th Century)
Current LocationBasel University Library, Basel, Switzerland
Found LocationConstantinople (possibly)
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Basilensis is probably the oldest manuscript containing an almost complete text of the Gospels. Three of its leaves are palimpsests that were overwritten by a later hand, and it features early systems of dividing the gospels into referential sections.
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Codex Cyprius
3 of 3017
Earliest Date~AD 800 (9th Century)
Current LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Found LocationCyprus
Scribal Context & Details
It is one of the few uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four Gospels. The manuscript features frequent insertion of an interpunction mark, suggesting it may have been copied from an ancient stichometrical style of writing.