A medieval manuscript that was split into three parts over 700 years has been reunited for an exhibition beginning September 12. The Codex Forojuliensis, a 6th-century evangelistary—a book containing the Gospels—has been joined by fragments of the Gospel of Mark from Prague and Venice in the exhibition titled Il Vangelo di Marco. Sette secoli. Tre frammenti. Un racconto europeo (The Gospel of Mark. Seven Centuries. Three Fragments. A European Story). The exhibition is held at the Palazzo Meizlik in Cividale del Friuli and will run until April 25, 2027. The Codex Forojuliensis originally contained the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John, but the Gospel of Mark was separated and its pages were dispersed over time. In 1354, Charles IV of Bohemia requested pages from the manuscript for the Prague cathedral. Later, after the Venetian conquest of Aquileia, the remaining pages of Mark were transferred to the Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice in 1420. The exhibition features the first-time loan of the Prague fragment and the Venetian reliquary case, which is a container used to hold religious relics. The Codex Forojuliensis also served as a Liber Vitae, a book containing names of individuals, often used to record members of a religious community. This particular Codex includes over 1500 names from the 9th to 10th centuries, reflecting the movement of people across Europe. Original parchment fragments from Prague and Cividale will be displayed for the first six weeks of the exhibition, after which they will be replaced by digital reproductions. This allows the original documents to be preserved while still making their content accessible to the public. The Venetian reliquary will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition, providing a continuous link to the history of the Gospel of Mark in Venice. The exhibition aims to tell a broader story of how a single manuscript traveled across Europe over centuries, influencing religious and cultural practices in different regions. It highlights the importance of preserving historical documents and the value of collaboration between institutions to reunite dispersed pieces of cultural heritage.