Codex Washingtonianus

Uncial 032
New Testament manuscript
Painted cover of the Codex Washingtonianus, depicting the evangelists Luke and Mark (7th century)
Painted cover of the Codex Washingtonianus, depicting the evangelists Luke and Mark (7th century)
NameWashingtonianus (Freer Gospel)
SignW
TextGospels
Datec. 300–500
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt (purchased by Charles Lang Freer)
Now atFreer Gallery of Art
Size187 leaves; 20.75 x 13.75 cm
Typeeclectic text-type
CategoryIII
Noteunique insertion following Mark 16:14

Codex Washingtonianus, Codex Washingtonensis or Codex Freerianus, designated by W or 032 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε014 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), also called the Washington Manuscript of the Gospels, The Freer Gospel and The Freer Codex, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels, written on parchment. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 4th or 5th century.[1]: 113  The manuscript has some gaps.

The manuscript was among a collection of manuscripts bought by American industrialist Charles Lang Freer at the start of the 20th century, and first published by biblical scholar Henry A. Sanders.[2]

It has been described as one of the "more important majuscule manuscripts discovered during the 20th century",[3]: 80  and "a highly valuable manuscript."[4] In the Gospel of Mark, it shares several distinctive readings with the early 3rd century papyrus, the Chester Beatty codex of the Gospels and Acts.[5]: 63–66 

It is considered to be the third oldest Gospel parchment codex in the world.[6]: 36 

  1. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
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  5. ^ Hurtado, Larry W. (1981). Text-Critical Methodology and the Pre-Caesarean Text: Codex W in the Gospel of Mark. Studies and Documents. Vol. 43. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-1872-0.
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