Rossano Gospels

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Codex Purpureus Rossanensis; Codice Purpureo di Rossano Calabro; Evangeliario di Rossano Calabro; Rossano Gospels; Rossano-Evangeliar; Ewangelie z Rossano; Россанский кодекс.
CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Rossano Calabro, Museo dell’Arcivescovado.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Codex Purpureus Rossanensis: Salerno Editrice (Rome, 1985). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 750 copies. Commentary (by Cavallo Guglielmo, Loerke William C., Gribomont Jean). Slipcase. Facsimile in co-edition with ADEVA (Graz, 1985).
Copyright photos: Salerno Editrice

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Rossano Gospels

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Codex Purpureus Rossanensis; Codice Purpureo di Rossano Calabro; Evangeliario di Rossano Calabro; Rossano Gospels; Rossano-Evangeliar; Ewangelie z Rossano; Россанский кодекс.
CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Rossano Calabro, Museo dell’Arcivescovado.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Codex Purpureus Rossanensis: Salerno Editrice (Rome, 1985). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 750 copies. Commentary (by Cavallo Guglielmo, Loerke William C., Gribomont Jean). Slipcase. Facsimile in co-edition with ADEVA (Graz, 1985).
Copyright photos: Salerno Editrice

Category:
FEATURES – Codex on purple parchment, 307 x 260 mm, 376 pp.
ORIGIN – Syria (uncertain).
CHRONOLOGY – 6th century – 7th century.
GENRE – Christianity; Bibles / Gospels.
CONTENTS – Gospel according to Matthew; Gospel according to Mark with one lacuna (Mark 16:14-20); a fragment of the Epistula ad Carpianum by Eusebius of Caesarea. The manuscript originally contained all four canonical gospels.
LANGUAGE – Greek.
SCRIPT – Capital biblical or greek uncial. Two columns of text in scriptio continua.
DECORATION – 14 miniatures.
STYLE – Late antique; Byzantine.

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