Communion of Wine (Comunione del Vino)

Codex Purpureus Rossanensis.

The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, also known as the Rossano Gospels, is a Greek uncial manuscript from the 5th-6th centuries containing the gospels of Matthew and Mark and kept in the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art in Rossano. It’s known worldwide for the peculiar reddish color of its pages, written in silver and gold inks and has a series of 14 illuminations, illustrating the life and teaching of Christ. The superb miniatures make it one of the oldest illuminated manuscripts of the New Testament. It’s a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, symbol of the Calabria region, which has always been a crossroad between the east and the west.