Codex Veronensis

The Codex Veronensis, designated by the siglum b (used in the critical editions of Nestle-Åland and the UBS Greek New Testament) or 4 (in the Beuron system), is a 5th-century Latin manuscript of the four Gospels, written on vellum which has been dyed purple.

The text is written in silver and occasionally gold ink, and is a version of the old Latin New Testament Gospels.

[1] The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing the Latin text of the four Gospels written on purple parchment, with 1 column and 18 lines per page.

Space-considerations show that the missing pages included John 7:53-8:11, the passage known as the Pericope Adulterae.

[2] In biblical scholar Francis Crawford Burkitt's opinion, it represents the type of text that Jerome used as the basis of the Vulgate.