Examples
The Purple Uncials or the Purple Codices is a well known group of these manuscripts, all 6th century New Testament Greek manuscripts:
- Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus N (022)
- Sinope Gospels O (023) (illuminated)
- Rossano Gospels Σ (042) (illuminated)
- Codex Beratinus Φ (043) (illuminated)
- Uncial 080
There are two other purple New Testament Greek manuscripts, classified as minuscules:
- Minuscule 565 known as the Empress Theodora's Codex
- Minuscule 1143 known as Beratinus 2
There is a 9th century lectionary:
- Codex Neapolitanus, former Codex Vindobonensis 2
Another six purple parchments (a, b, e, f, i, j), also New Testament manuscripts, are in Latin and held at: Brescia, Naples, Sarezzano and Trent. Three of these use Vetus Latina texts.
- Codex Vercellensis
- Codex Veronensis
- Codex Palatinus
- Codex Brixianus
- Codex Purpureus Sarzanensis
- Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 1235
There is also one Gothic purple codex — Codex Argenteus (illuminated)
There is a purple manuscript of part of the Septuagint:
- Vienna Genesis (illuminated)
Other illuminated manuscripts include the Godescalc Evangelistary of 781-3, the Vienna Coronation Gospels (early 9th century) and a few pages of the 9th century La Cava Bible from the Kingdom of Asturias. Anglo-Saxon examples include a lost 7th century gospels commissioned by Saint Wilfrid.
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