The bishop of Rossano Mons. Joseph Satriano, the Mayor Stefano Mascaro (c) and the famous art critic Vittorio Sgarbi (right), cross the Diocesan Museum to reach the Purpureus Codex returned after Rossano restoration lasted 4 years. In October 2015 it was recognized as a World Heritage Site by Unesco and inserted between the 47 new documents of the "Memory of the World Register”. The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis is a greek uncial manuscript of the sixth century, containing a Gospel texts with the apostles Matthew and Mark. Should the adjective "Purpureus" to the fact that its pages are reddish (
The bishop of Rossano Mons. Joseph Satriano, the Mayor Stefano Mascaro (c) and the famous art critic Vittorio Sgarbi (right), cross the Diocesan Museum to reach the Purpureus Codex returned after Rossano restoration lasted 4 years. In October 2015 it was recognized as a World Heritage Site by Unesco and inserted between the 47 new documents of the "Memory of the World Register”. The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis is a greek uncial manuscript of the sixth century, containing a Gospel texts with the apostles Matthew and Mark. Should the adjective "Purpureus" to the fact that its pages are reddish (in Latin purpureus) and contains a series of thumbnails, making it one of the oldest illuminated manuscripts of the New Testament preserved. Ph. Alfonso Di Vincenzo/Pacific Press (Photo by Alfonso Di Vincenzo/Pacific Press)
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