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The Rossano Gospels (Cathedral of Rossano, Calabria , Italy , Archepiscopal Treasury) is a 6th Century Byzantine Gospel Book . It is probably the oldest surviving illustrated New Testament manuscript. The now incomplete manuscript Codex has the text of Matthew and the majority of Mark . A second volume is apparently missing. Like the Vienna Genesis and the Sinope Gospels , the Rossano Gospels are written in silver ink on purple dyed Parchment . The large (300 mm by 250 mm) book has text written in a 215 mm square block with two columns of twenty lines each. There is a prefatory cycle of illustrations which are also on purple dyed parchment. SEE ALSO |
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