This image is from a photo
plate in 1868 from the Codex Vaticanus. This original ending of Mark's
Gosepl is from the early 3rd century, was copied/printed in Egypt, perhaps
Alexandria, and taken to the Vatican shortly after the establishment of
the Vatican Library by Pope Nicholas V in 1448 - perhaps by Cardial Bessarion,
who labored for the reunion of the Greek and Latin churches. This
piece of Mark XVI. 3-8 was originally catalogued in the Vatican Library
in 1475.
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from a transliteration done by
Tischendorf - in 1868 -
shortly after this photo plate
was taken