Manuscript · parchment codex
W (032)
Codex Washingtonianus (Freer Gospels)late 4th or early 5th century
Copied after AD 367, where the timeline ends. It is here for comparison.
Shows the four-gospel codex in the Western order and preserves a unique expansion of Mark's longer ending.
Dating
Late 4th or early 5th century by palaeography (INTF 400-499); some put it in the late 4th.See the pages
About the manuscript
- Contents
- MatthewMarkLukeJohnFour Gospels in the Western order Matthew, John, Luke, Mark. Includes the 'Freer Logion' after Mark 16:14.
- Found
- Bought by Charles Lang Freer in 1906 from a dealer in Giza; perhaps from a monastery near the pyramids (the 'Monastery of the Vinedresser' is suggested). Not documented.
- Held by
- Freer Gallery of Art (National Museum of Asian Art), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Also called
- W · 032 · Freer Gospels · F1906.274