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CODEX WASHINGTONENSIS

A late 4th- or early 5th-century c.e. uncial manuscript in codex form containing the four Gospels in the so-called Western order (Matthew, John, Luke, and Mark). The manuscript (siglum W) is housed in the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

Behind the present text may be several fragments of different Gospel manuscripts representing different families of texts that were collected and assembled by an individual scribe. This would explain the variegated text types represented. Matthew and Luke 8:13–24:53 represent the common Byzantine Text; Mark 1:1–5:30 is Western, similar to the Old Latin; Mark 5:31–16:20 is of the Caesarean type; and Luke 1:1–8:12; John 5:12–21:25 represent the Alexandrian type.

An important variant in W is an addition to Mark 16:14, the so-called Freer Logion, in which the disciples offer an excuse for their failure to believe those who had reported Jesus’ resurrection.

Bibliography. H. A. Sanders, Facsimile of the Washington Manuscript for the Four Gospels in the Freer Collection (Ann Arbor, 1912); The New Testament Manuscripts in the Freer Collection, 1: The Washington Manuscript of the Four Gospels (1912, repr. New York, 1972).

William R. Goodman

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CODEX WASHINGTONENSIS

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)