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31230	GA 1230 Gr. 193 Ancient Greek 1124 CE	Completed in 1124 CE, GA1230 is a commentary on the four Gospels, in the classic form of Catena. It is currently preserved in the library of Saint Catherine monastery in Sinai, Egypt. The part of the Gospel of Mark uses the classic catena known as “Catena in Marcum” which is customarily attributed to Victor of Antioch, extensively. Yet, unlike Victor’s catena, it quotes the Gospel’s text completely, in its lemmata. The part of Mark’s ending (folios 146v to 148r) shows a dynamic discussion over the authenticity and appropriateness of reading Mark’s Long Ending (verses 16:9-20). The scribe clearly disagrees with both Eusebius of Caesaria’s dismissal of the long ending on exegetical grounds, and offers alternative readings to Victor’s catena, in the light of the antegraphs he accessed. Mina Monier, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH); © CC-BY 4.0
31420	GA 1420 AN IV 5a Ancient Greek 13th century CE	GA 1420 is a 13th century CE manuscript, hosted at the University Library of Basel (CH), is known for stopping after Mk 16,8. But elements confirm that it is a case of missing folio. First of all, f. 48r presents the second part of the list of the Lukan kephalaia. The missing folio should have had on the recto Mark’s ending and on the verso the first part of the list of the Lukan kephalaia. Secondly, the three other gospels are properly ended with an ἀμήν (in f. 61v for Matthew, in f. 150r for Luke, in 195r for John). Logically, a similar ἀμήν should conclude Mark on the missing folio (no ἀμήν stands at the end of f. 47v after 16,8). Claire Clivaz, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH); © CC-BY 4.0
31422	GA 1422 XXV B 7 Ancient Greek 10th-11th century CE	GA 1422 is a Four-Gospel catena manuscript, currently held in the National Library of the Czech Republic. Palaeographically, it is dated to the 10th/11th century. The Gospels conclude with the subscriptions known as the Jerusalem Colophons. The part of Mark extends between folios 119r to 179v. Its catena contains the Shorter Ending and several passages discussing the presence of the Long Ending in the different manuscripts the catenist accessed. After quoting Gregory of Nyssa (PG 96 cols. 644-5) and the letter of Isidore of Pelusium to Timothy the Reader (PG 78 col. 257-260) on the problem of counting the “three days” prior to the resurrection, the catenist concludes the Gospel of Mark with a passage discussing the presence of the Long Ending in earlier copies. Mina Monier, SNSF MARK16 project, DH+ (SIB, Lausanne, CH), © CC-BY 4.0
32386	GA 2386 MS M.748 Ancient Greek 11th century CE	GA 2386 is an 11th century minuscule with a Byzantine text. Folio 92v contains Mark 16:1-8, while the next folio is the beginning of Luke. It could be thought that this manuscript has the short ending. However, a closer examination of the codex shows that a folio after 92v and before Luke 1 is missing (in fact it was cut off with a sharp tool). One suggestion was that it was taken off in an act of theft: stealing the first page of each Gospel, which usually has beautiful icons. Therefore, this is an example of a case in which the type of Mark’s ending cannot be stated with certainty. Mina Monier, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH); © CC-BY 4.0
32604	GA 2604 W 139 Ancient Greek 12th century CE	CBL W 139 is an early twelfth-century Byzantine deluxe gospel codex held at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland. It contains the four canonical gospels along with multiple prefatory and other traditional apparatuses, including the Eusebian system with canon tables, liturgical divisions, synaxarion, menelogion, and five full page images of the evangelists and John Chrysostom. The gospels texts are also framed by catena which are extracts from early Christian literature. The codex has 378 folia. Mark 16 occurs on 176v-178r and six catena sections comment on aspects of the chapter, connected to verses 2, 3, 7, 9, 15, and 19. The chapter ends with a subscription that offers a take on the provenance of Mark and a stichos notation. Garrick Allen, Paratextual Understanding Templeton Religion Trust project, University of Glasgow ; © CC-BY 4.0
32937	GA 2937 MS 122 Ancient Greek 11th century CE	Located by Mina Monier and H. A. G. Houghton at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchal Library of Alexandria in February 2018, GA 2937 is an alternating catena on the four Gospels. Palaeographically, it is dated to the 11th century (Parpulov, 2022). It is made of 263 parchment (240 × 200mm) folios. The Gospels conclude with the subscriptions known as the Jerusalem Colophons. The part of Mark extends between folios 42v to 95r. Its catena contains the Shorter Ending and several passages discussing the presence of the Long Ending in the different manuscripts the catenist accessed. After quoting Gregory of Nyssa (PG 96 cols. 644-5) and the letter of Isidore of Pelusium to Timothy the Reader (PG 78 col. 257-260) on the problem of counting the “three days” prior to the resurrection, the catenist concludes the Gospel of Mark with a passage, discussing the presence of the long ending in earlier copies. Mina Monier, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH), © CC-BY 4.0
41602	L1602 Hs. 615 Ancient Greek 8th century CE	Lectionary 1602 is a bilingual Greek-Coptic manuscript, dated to the 8th century. Its incomplete text (88 folios) is currently preserved in several places, but the main part (82 leaves) is located in the Morgan Library and Museum, New York. In folios 2r – 4r, we can see the three endings of Mark 16 separated by ornamented scribal comments. In folio 3r, the scribe introduces the shorter ending (conclusion brevior) with a comment that says: “in other manuscripts, this is not written.” In the same folio, the scribe introduces the long ending, saying: “[lacuna] this is then included.” Mina Monier, SNSF MARK16 @ CC BY 4.0
200001	VL 1 G.VII.15 Latin 380-420 CE	Dated around 400 CE by Bruce Metzger, G.VII.15 or codex k or VL 1 or Codex Bobbiensis, is one of the oldest Latin manuscripts of the Gospels. It includes Mk 8,8 to Mt 15,36 on 96 folios (lac. 1 folio between 48v and 49r and 4 folios between 94v and 95r). It is known for having the shorter ending of Mark, but in a version slightly different from the Greek one (see for example GA 019, GA 044, GA 099 or the bilingual L1602). In the conclusio brevior, it notably reads qui “cum puero erant” instead of “qui cum Petro erant”, a reading maintained by the two correctors of VL 1. Other interesting variants are present in Mark 16:1 and 8b, as well as the addition of a full verse between 16,3 and 16,4. Claire Clivaz, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH); © CC-BY 4.0
200003	VL 3 Codex Vercellensis s.n. Latin 4th century CE	Dated from the second half of the fourth century, the Codex Vercellensis (or VL 3 or codex a) is considered the oldest extant Latin copy of the four gospels. It was copied in Italy, probably in Vercelli itself: according to the recorded tradition the codex either belonged to or was copied by St. Eusebius of Vercelli (d. 371). It contains the gospel of Mark on pages 524 to 634. The original pages with Mark 16, following Mark 15:7-15 on page 632, were lost. A replacement folio has the text of Mark 16:7-20 (p. 633 and 634). According to Gasquet (p. VI), the Codex Vercellensis may be related to the Corbiensis (VL 8) which also contains the longer ending of Mark 16. But according to Turner (1927), “a must have had either the shorter ending or none at all” (p. 18). Elisa Nury & Claire Clivaz, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH); © CC-BY 4.0
200016	VL 16 Codex Sang. 1394 Latin 5th and 7th century CE	Cod. Sang. 1394 (or VL 16) is a volume of collected fragments also known as fragmenta sangallensia, which contains several parts from the Gospels from the Vetus Latina. Mark 16 with the longer ending is present in two fragments: Codex n and Codex o. Codex n is made of 14 leaves, pages 51-88, dated from the fifth century CE. Mark 16:1-14 appears on pages 87-88, a single folio at the end of Codex n. It should be noted that the folio may have been bound in the wrong order, since page 87 contains chapters 16:5bcd to 16:14, and page 88 has the preceding chapters 15:41d to 16:5a. The Vth century last folio, with Mk 16:15-20, has been apparently lost, then replaced by a the VIIth century folio (Codex o). See e-codices website for more description: https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/description/csg/1394/. Elisa Nury, SNSF MARK16 project, SIB Lausanne (CH); © CC-BY 4.0