Archives

The Gospel According to Mark

Sinai Greek 172, folio 67 recto, the beginning of the Gospel according to Mark.

Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

3 comments to The Gospel According to Mark

  • Elizabeth

    Fr Justin this is so beautiful. Thank you.

  • Richard Saloom

    Dear Father Justin,

    To what time period do these biblical texts date to? I noticed modern numbers on some of the pages, are these later additions to organize the pages?

    They are beautiful.

    Richard

    • Father Justin

      The manuscript dates from the eleventh century. Traditionally, the scribe or binder would number each quire, so that the quires would be in the correct order when the manuscript was bound. Numbers were added to each folio in the nineteenth century when the first catalogues were created.

Leave a Reply

You can use these HTML tags

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>