Mk 16 im Codex Bobbiensis. Neue Materialien zur conclusio brevior des Markusevangeliums
Résumé
This article analyses the shorter ending in its Codex Bobbiensis (or VL 1 or G.VII.15 or Codex k) Latin version, the oldest one. Of ambiguous reputation, this manuscript ends Mark with a shorter ending slightly different from the Greek one (Section 1). After an overview of the state of the art, including manuscript date and language’s evaluation (Section 2), this article discusses the puzzling expression et qui cum puero erant – “and those who were with the boy” – in Mk 16,9 k, presenting in conclusion transcription, edition and French translation of this passage. The expression is transcribed et qui cum puero erant but edited et qui cum Petro erant (Section 3). This study enlightens as final result an alternative tradition, present in some versions of the shorter ending: Peter’s companions are reporting briefly instructions before the final apparition of Jesus himself. This finding fosters further the inquiry about Mark endings, by drawing the scholarly attention to VL 1, a manuscript contemporaneous of GA 01 and GA 03 (Section 4).