uncial · Greek · NT

Codex Washingtonianus

Also known as: W, 032, Freer Gospels

AD 350 – AD 450 (~AD 400) · dated by paleography

Evidence card

A quick read on the physical object before the interpretive summary.

2 sources

Artifact

uncial · Greek

Date basis

AD 350 – AD 450 (~AD 400) · paleography

Survival

~95% physically present

Contents

Matthew; Mark; Luke; John

Artifact/map cue

Held at Smithsonian Freer Gallery, Washington DC

Date

AD 350 – AD 450 (~AD 400)

Passage represented

Matthew; Mark; Luke; John

How much survives

~95% of the claimed text is physically present

Why it matters

An almost-complete Gospel manuscript famous for the 'Freer Logion' — an extra paragraph inserted into the long ending of Mark, where the risen Jesus addresses his disciples. Not found in any other manuscript.

What it contains

~95% of the claimed text is physically present.

Notable readings

Mark 16:14 (Freer Logion)

Inserts a long speech from the risen Jesus before continuing the long ending of Mark

A unique scribal expansion — not original, but valuable for showing how Mark's abrupt ending bothered later readers.

Where & when

Held at: Smithsonian Freer Gallery, Washington DC

Source trail

Named catalogues, editions, libraries, or scholarship used for this manuscript page.