The historical symposium "Batifoli and the Codexes of Berat" in the museum "Onufri"

"Batifoli and the Codexes of Berat" was the historical symposium organized by the Berat National Center of Museums in collaboration with the Museo Diocesano e del Codex Calabri, Italy. KKMB states that religious leaders of all religious communities in Berat were present among the many guests. The Catholic Archbishop of South Albania Giovani Peragine and the Archbishop of Rossano Calabro Italy Maurizio Aloise welcomed the event. "The referees brought new facts about the life and contributions of Batifoli to the history of the codices and the heritage of Berat, the typology of the holy writing in the historical manuscripts and a history of the iconographic museum "Onufri" with the challenges that the future brings in the successful situation of tourism in Albania", says the KKMB. The materials referred to according to the KKMB will soon be published in electronic form. Friends from Rossano Calabro exhibited to the public a copy of their Codex (Codex Purpureus Rossanensis) which is of the same typology and period as the Purple Codex of Berat (Codex Purpureus Beratinus 1). KKMB states that this event laid the foundations of future cooperation for the promotion and scientific events for the benefit of culture, heritage and values ??of religious coexistence. Meanwhile, the General Director of Archives Ardit Bido held a meeting with Monsignor Maurizio Aloise, Archbishop of Rossano and Dom Giuseppe Straface, director of the Codex Museum of this city, which owns the sister of "our imperial bible ” housed in the DPA, Codex of Berat. As a result of the talks, the parties agreed on the presentation for the first time of these two priceless treasures of human history in two exhibitions, to be held in Albania and Italy. Also, the cooperation will continue through a joint anastatic publication. The activity took place in the central hall of the "Onufri" iconographic museum in Berat.