The Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (Paris, National Library of France, Greek 9) designated by the siglum C or 04 {in the Gregory-Aland numbering of

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

manuscripts), δ 3 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manuscript of the Greek

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts o ...

, written on parchment. It contains most of the

and some

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

books, with sizeable portions missing. It is one of the

four great uncials The great uncial codices or four great uncials are the only remaining uncial codices that contain (or originally contained) the entire text of the Bible (Old and New Testament) in Greek. They are the Codex Vaticanus in the Vatican Library, the Co ...

(these being manuscripts which originally contained the whole of both the Old and New Testaments). The manuscript is not intact: its current condition contains material from every New Testament book except

2 Thessalonians The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians is a book from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, with Timothy as a co-author. Modern biblical scholarship is divided on whether the epistle was ...

and 2 John; however, only six books of the Greek Old Testament are represented. It is not known whether 2 Thessalonians and 2 John were excluded on purpose, or whether no fragment of either epistle happened to survive. The manuscript is a

palimpsest In textual studies, a palimpsest () is a manuscript page, either from a scroll A scroll (from the Old French ''escroe'' or ''escroue''), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. Structure A scr ...

, with the pages being washed of their original text, and reused in the 12th century for the Greek translations of 38 treatises composed by

Ephrem the Syrian Ephrem the Syrian ( syc, ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, Mār ʾAp̄rêm Sūryāyā, ; grc-koi, Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Σῦρος, Efrém o Sýros; la, Ephraem Syrus; am, ቅዱስ ኤፍሬም ሶርያዊ; ), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint ...

, from whence it gets its name ''Ephraemi Rescriptus.'' The lower text of the palimpsest was deciphered by biblical scholar and palaeographer

Constantin von Tischendorf Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (18 January 18157 December 1874) was a German biblical scholar. In 1844, he discovered the world's oldest and most complete Bible dated to around the mid-4th century and called Codex Sinaiticus ...

in 1840–1843, and was edited by him in 1843–1845.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (the forerunner to the modern book), written on parchment, measuring 12¼ x 9 in (31.4-32.5 x 25.6-26.4 cm). It has 209 leaves extant, of which 145 belong to the New Testament and 64 to the Old Testament. The letters are medium-sized uncials, in a single column per page, 40–46 lines per page. The text is written continuously, with no division of words (known as '' Scriptio continua''), with the punctuation consisting of only a single point, as in codices

Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a ma ...

and Vaticanus. The beginning sections have larger letters which stand out in the margin (similar to those in codices

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

and Codex Basilensis).

Iota Iota (; uppercase: Ι, lowercase: ι; ) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh. Letters that arose from this letter include the Latin I and J, the Cyrillic І (І, і), Yi (Ї, ї), and ...

() and

upsilon Upsilon (, ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; el, ''ýpsilon'' ) or ypsilon is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, grc, Υʹ, label=none has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw . Ety ...

() have a small straight line over them, which serves as a form of diaeresis. The breathings (utilised to designate vowel emphasis) and accents (used to indicate voiced pitch changes) were added by a later hand. The nomina sacra (special names/words considered sacred in

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesu ...

- usually the first and last letters of the name/word in question are written, followed by an overline; sometimes other letters from within the word are used as well) tend to be contracted into three-letter forms rather than the more common two-letter forms. A list of chapters (known as / ''kephalaia'') is preserved before the

Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke), or simply Luke (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two ...

and the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

. One may deduce from this that the manuscript originally contained chapter lists for the

Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Matthew), or simply Matthew. It is most commonly abbreviated as "Matt." is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, Jesus, comes to his people and ...

and

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark), or simply Mark (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). is the second of the four canonical gospels and of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to ...

too. The chapter titles (known as / ''titloi'') were apparently not placed in the upper margin of the page; however it is possible the upper margins once contained the titles in red ink, which has since completely faded away; another possibility is the upper portions of the pages have been over-trimmed. The text of the Gospels is accompanied by marginal notations indicating the Eusebian canons (an early system of dividing the four Gospels into different sections, developed by early Christian writer Eusebius of Caesarea), albeit the numerals for the Eusebian Canons were likely written in red ink, which unfortunately have completely vanished. There are no systematic divisions in the other books. The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53–8:11) was likely missing from the original codex. The two leaves which contain John 7:3–8:34 are not extant, however by counting the lines and calculating how much space would be required to include John 7:53-8:11 (presuming there’s no other large omission), it can be demonstrated they did not contain sufficient space to include the passage. The text of Mark 16:9–20 is included on folio 148r. It is difficult to determine whether Luke 22:43–44 ( Christ's agony at Gethsemane) was in the original codex; unfortunately the leaves containing the surrounding verses are not extant. is not included. ; Missing Chapters/Verses *

: 1:1–2; 5:15–7:5; 17:26–18:28; 22:21–23:17; 24:10–45; 25:30–26:22; 27:11–46; 28:15-fin.; *

: 1:1–17; 6:32–8:5; 12:30–13:19; *

: 1:1–2; 2:5–42; 3:21–4:25; 6:4–36; 7:17–8:28; 12:4–19:42; 20:28–21:20; 22:19–23:25; 24:7–45 *

: 1:1–3; 1:41–3:33; 5:17–6:38; 7:3–8:34; 9:11–11:7; 11:47–13:7; 14:8–16:21; 18:36–20:25; * Acts of the Apostles: 1:1–2; 4:3–5:34; 6:8; 10:43–13:1; 16:37–20:10; 21:31–22:20; 23:18–24:15; 26:19–27:16; 28:5-fin.; * Epistle to the Romans: 1:1–3; 2:5–3:21; 9:6–10:15; 11:31–13:10; * First Epistle to the Corinthians: 1:1–2; 7:18–9:6; 13:8–15:40; * Second Epistle to the Corinthians: 1:1–2; 10:8-fin. * Epistle to the Galatians: 1:1–20 * Epistle to the Ephesians: 1:1–2:18; 4:17-fin. * Epistle to the Philippians: 1:1–22; 3:5-fin. *

Epistle to the Colossians The Epistle to the Colossians is the twelfth book of the New Testament. It was written, according to the text, by Paul the Apostle and Timothy, and addressed to the church in Colossae, a small Phrygian city near Laodicea and approximately ...

: 1:1–2; * First Epistle to the Thessalonians: 1:1; 2:9-fin.; *

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians is a book from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, with Timothy as a co-author. Modern biblical scholarship is divided on whether the epistle wa ...

entirely * First Epistle to Timothy: 1:1–3:9; 5:20-fin.; * Second Epistle to Timothy: 1:1–2; * Epistle to Titus: 1:1–2 * Epistle to Philemon: 1–2 * Epistle to the Hebrews: 1:1–2:4; 7:26–9:15; 10:24–12:15; *

Epistle of James The Epistle of James). is a general epistle and one of the 21 epistles (didactic letters) in the New Testament. James 1:1 identifies the author as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" who is writing to "the twelve tribes ...

: 1:1–2; 4:2-fin. *

First Epistle of Peter The First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament. The author presents himself as Peter the Apostle. The ending of the letter includes a statement that implies that it was written from " Babylon", which is possibly a reference to Rome. ...

: 1:1–2; 4:5-fin.; * Second Epistle of Peter: 1:1; * First Epistle of John: 1:1–2; 4:3-fin. * Second Epistle of John entirely; *

Third Epistle of John The Third Epistle of John is the third-to-last book of the New Testament and the Christian Bible as a whole, and attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John. ...

: 1–2; * Epistle of Jude: 1–2; *

Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book o ...

: 1:1–2; 3:20–5:14; 7:14–17; 8:5–9:16; 10:10–11:3; 16:13–18:2; 19:5-fin. (NA26) In the Old Testament, parts of the

Book of Job The Book of Job (; hbo, אִיּוֹב, ʾIyyōḇ), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), and is the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Scholars ar ...

, the Proverbs,

Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes (; hbo, קֹהֶלֶת, Qōheleṯ, grc, Ἐκκλησιαστής, Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament. The title commonly ...

, Song of Songs,

Wisdom Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to contemplate and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential self-knowled ...

, and Sirach survive.

Text

The New Testament text of the codex has been considered primarily as a representative of the

Alexandrian text-type In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations. Over ...

, although this affiliation varies from book to book. The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups. These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

. It has a Byzantine affiliation in Matthew, a weak Alexandrian connection in Mark, and is considered an Alexandrian witness in John. In Luke its textual character is unclear. Textual critics Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton J.A. Hort classified it as a mixed text; Hermann von Soden classified it as an Alexandrian witness. According to textual critic Kurt Aland, it agrees with the Byzantine text-type 87 times in the Gospels, 13 times in Acts, 29 times in Paul, and 16 times in the Catholic epistles. It agrees with the Nestle-Aland text 66 times (Gospels), 38 (Acts), 104 (Paul), and 41 (Cath.). It has 50 independent or distinctive readings in the Gospels, 11 in Acts, 17 in Paul, and 14 in the Catholic epistles. Aland placed the text of the codex in Category II of his New Testament manuscript text classification system. Category II manuscripts are described as being manuscripts "of a special quality, i.e., manuscripts with a considerable proportion of the early text, but which are marked by alien influences. These influences are usually of smoother, improved readings, and in later periods by infiltration by the

text." According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis method of textual data), its text is mixed in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. In the

, the codex is a witness to the same form of text as seen in

and . The manuscript is cited in all critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3, UBS4, NA26, NA27). In NA27 it belongs to the witnesses consistently cited of the first order. (NA27) The readings of the codex correctors (C¹, C², and C³) are regularly cited in critical editions.

Notable readings

Below are some readings of the manuscript which agree or disagree with variant readings in other Greek manuscripts, or with varying ancient translations of the New Testament. See the main article Textual variants in the New Testament. ; Interpolations : (''and when the centurion returned to the house in that hour, he found the slave well'' - see ) ::incl. - C * N Θ ƒ 33 545 g sy ::omit - Majority of manuscripts : (''the other took a spear and pierced His side, and immediately came out water and blood'' - see ) ::incl. - C B L Γ 1010 1293 ''pc'' vg ::omit - Majority of manuscripts (UBS3) : - C 6 36 81

104 104 may refer to: *104 (number), a natural number *AD 104, a year in the 2nd century AD * 104 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC * 104 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route *Hundred and Four (or Council of 104), a Carthagini ...

323 Year 323 (Roman numerals, CCCXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 10 ...

326 453 945 1175 1739 2818 sy : - Majority of manuscripts ; Some corrections Codex Ephraemi Mt 26,52-69

: (''by'') - C* B D P W Z Δ Θ 0233 ƒ{{sup, 13{{sup} 33 :{{lang, grc, δυο (''two'') - C{{sup, 3 L ƒ{{sup, >1 Byz{{r, na26{{rp, 27 {{bibleref, Acts, 20:28 :{{lang, grc, του κυριου (''of the Lord'') - C* {{Papyrus link, 74 D E Ψ 33 36 453 945 1739 1891 :{{lang, grc, του κυριου και του Θεου (''and God'') - C{{sup, c P 049 326

1241 Year 1241 ( MCCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * March 18 – Battle of Chmielnik ( Mongol invasion of Poland): The Mongols overwhelm the feudal Polish armi ...

2492 Byz{{r, na26{{rp, 384 For the textual variants in this verse see: Textual variants in the Acts of the Apostles. {{bibleref, 1 Corinthians, 12:9 :{{lang, grc, εν τω αυτω πνευματι (''in His spirit'') ::omit - C* ::incl. - C{{sup, 3 Majority of manuscripts{{r, ubs3{{rp, 605 Codex Ephraemi 1 Tim 3,15-16

{{bibleref, 1 Timothy, 3:16 :{{lang, grc, ὅς ἐφανερώθη (''He was manifested'') - C* {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א * A* F G 33 365 1175 :{{lang, grc, θεός ἐφανερώθη (''God was manifested'') - C{{sup, 2 {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א {{sup, 3 A{{sup, 2 Majority of manuscripts{{r, text-com{{rp, 575-576 For the textual variants in this verse see: Textual variants in 1 Timothy. {{bibleref, James, 1:22 :{{lang, grc, λογου (''of the word'') - C* Majority of manuscripts :{{lang, grc, νομου (''of the law'') - C{{sup, 2 88 621 1067 1852{{r, na26{{rp, 589 ; Some other textual variants {{bibleref, Matthew, 22:10 :{{lang, grc, αγαμος - C :{{lang, grc, νυμφων - {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א B* L 0102

892 Year 892 ( DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnul ...

1010 sy{{sup, h(mg) :{{lang, grc, γαμος - Majority of manuscripts{{r, na26{{rp, 62 {{bibleref, Mark, 10:35 :{{lang, grc, οι δυο υιοι Ζεβεδαιου (''the two sons of Zebedee'') - C B sa bo :{{lang, grc, οι υιοι Ζεβεδαιου (''the sons of Zebedee'') - Majority of manuscripts{{r, na26{{rp, 124 {{bibleref, Acts, 15:23 :{{lang, grc, γραψαντης δια χειρος αυτων επιστολην περιεχουσαν ταδε (''they wrote by their hands the letter containing this'') - C gig w geo :{{lang, grc, γραψαντης δια χειρος αυτων (''wrote by their hands'') - {{papyrus link, 33{{sup, (vid) {{papyrus link, 45{{sup, (vid) {{papyrus link, 74 {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א * A B bo eth :{{lang, grc, γραψαντης δια χειρος αυτων ταδε (''they wrote this by their hands'') - Majority of manuscripts {{r, na26{{rp, 366 {{bibleref, Romans, 16:15 :{{lang, grc, Ιουνιαν, Νηρεα - C* F G :{{lang, grc, Ιουλιαν, Νηρεα - C{{sup, c Majority of manuscripts{{r, ubs3{{rp, 575 {{bibleref, Romans, 16:24 :omit - C {{papyrus link, 46 {{papyrus link, 61 {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א A B 5 811

263 __NOTOC__ Year 263 ( CCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Dexter (or, less frequently, year 1016 ' ...

623 1739 1838 1962 2127 it{{sup, z vg{{sup, ww sa bo eth{{sup, ro Origen{{sup, lat :incl. - Majority of manuscripts {{bibleref, 1 Corinthians, 2:1 :{{lang, grc, μυστηριον (''secret'') - C {{Papyrus link, 46 א* Α 88

436 __NOTOC__ Year 436 ( CDXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Isodorus and Senator (or, less frequently, year 1189 ' ...

it{{sup, a,r syr{{sup, p bo :{{lang, grc, σωτηριον (''savior'') - ''ℓ'' 598 ''ℓ'' 593 ''ℓ'' 599 :{{lang, grc, μαρτυριον (''testimony'') - Majority of manuscripts{{r, ubs3{{rp, 581 {{bibleref, 1 Corinthians, 7:5 :{{lang, grc, τη προσευχη (''prayer'') - C {{Papyrus link, 11 {{Papyrus link, 46 {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א * A B D G P Codex Athous Lavrensis, Ψ 33 81

Minuscule 181, 181 629 630 1739 1877 1881 1962 it vg co arm eth :{{lang, grc, τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη (''fasting and prayer'') - {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א {{sup, c2 Majority of manuscripts{{r, ubs3{{rp, 591 {{bibleref, 2 Timothy, 4:10 :{{lang, grc, Γαλλιαν - C {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א 81

326 436 sa bo{{sup, pt{{r, ubs3{{rp, 737 :{{lang, grc, Γαλατιαν - Majority of manuscripts {{bibleref, James, 1:12 :{{lang, grc, κυριος (''Lord'') - C :{{lang, grc, ο κυριος (''the Lord'') - Majority of manuscripts :{{lang, grc, ο θεος (''God'') - 4 33{{sup, (vid)

2816{{sup, (vid) 945 1739 vg sy{{sup, p :omit - {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א A B Ψ 81 ff sa bo{{r, na26{{rp, 589 {{bibleref, Revelation, 1:5 :{{lang, grc, λυσαντι ημας εκ (''freed us from'') - C {{Papyrus link, 18 {{larger, {{script, Hebr, א {{sup, c A 2020 2081 2814 :{{lang, grc, λουσαντι ημας εκ (''washed us from'') - Majority of manuscripts{{r, na26{{rp, 632 {{bibleref, Revelation, 13:18 :{{lang, grc, εξακοσιαι δεκα εξ ( six hundred sixteen / 616) - C {{papyrus link, 115; Ir{{sup, lat :{{lang, grc, εξακοσιαι εξηκοντα εξ (666) - Majority of manuscripts{{Cite book , last1=Metzger , first1=Bruce Manning , last2=Ehrman , first2=Bart D. , author-link1=Bruce M. Metzger , author-link2=Bart D. Ehrman , title=The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration , edition=4th , year=2005 , publisher=Oxford University Press , location=Oxford , isbn=0-19-516667-1 {{rp, 61

History

The codex's place of origin is unknown. Tischendorf tentatively suggested

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

. Tischendorf also proposed the manuscript was produced by two scribes: one for the Old Testament, and one for the New Testament. Subsequent research indicates there may've been a third scribe involved. The text has been corrected by three correctors, designated by C¹, C², and C³ (Tischendorf designated them by C*, C**, and C***). Sometimes they are designated by C^a, C^b, and C^c.{{r, Aland The first corrector (C¹) worked in a

scriptorium Scriptorium (), literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts commonly handled by monastic scribes. However, lay scribes an ...

, but the exact location where any of the correctors worked is unknown. The first corrector's corrections are not numerous except in the Book of Sirach.{{Cite book , first=H. B. , last=Swete , title=An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek , pages=128–129 , year=1902 , location=Cambridge , url=https://archive.org/stream/anintrotooldtes00swetuoft#page/128/mode/2up The third and last corrector (C³) likely wrote in the 800's, possibly in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth ( Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

(modern day

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

). He conformed readings of the codex to ecclesiastical use, inserting many accents, breathings, and vocal notes. He also added liturgical directions in the margin, and worked extensively on the codex.{{r, Scrivener{{rp, 123 The codex was subsequently washed of its text, had the pages scrapped (howbeit imperfectly), and reused in the twelfth century.{{r, metz-ehrman{{rp, 70 After the

fall of Constantinople The Fall of Constantinople, also known as the Conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city fell on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had beg ...

in 1453, the codex was brought to

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

by an émigré scholar. It belonged to Niccolo Ridolpho († 1550), Cardinal of Florence. After his death it was probably bought by Piero Strozzi, an Italian military leader, for Catherine de' Medici. Catherine brought it to

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as part of her dowry, and from the Bourbon royal library it came to rest in the Bibliothèque nationale de France,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

. The manuscript was rebound in 1602.{{r, textkritik{{rp, 42 The older writing was first noticed by Pierre Allix, a Protestant pastor. Jean Boivin, supervisor of the Royal Library, made the first extracts of various readings of the codex (under the notation of Paris 9) to Ludolph Küster, who published Mill's New Testament in 1710. In 1834–1835 potassium ferricyanide was used to bring out faded or eradicated ink, which had the effect of defacing the vellum from green and blue to black and brown.{{r, Scrivener{{rp, 121 The first collation of the New Testament was made in 1716 by Johann Jakob Wettstein for Richard Bentley, who intended to prepare a new edition of the ''Novum Testamentum Graece''. According to Bentley's correspondence, it took two hours to read one page, and Bentley paid Wettstein £50. This collation was used by Wettstein in his own Greek New Testament of 1751–1752.{{r, Scrivener{{rp, 122 Wettstein also made the first description of the codex. Wettstein examined the text of the Old Testament only occasionally, but he did not publish any of it.{{r, Swete Various editors made occasional extracts from the manuscript, but Tischendorf was the first who read it completely (Old and New Testament).{{r, Waltz Tischendorf gained an international reputation when he published the Greek New Testament text in 1843, and the Old Testament in 1845. Although Tischendorf worked by eye alone, his deciphering of the palimpsest's text was remarkably accurate. The torn condition of many folios, and the ghostly traces of the text overlaid by the later one, made the decipherment extremely difficult. Even with modern aids like ultraviolet photography, not all the text is securely legible. Robert W. Lyon published a list of corrections to Tischendorf's edition in 1959. This was also an imperfect work.{{r, Waltz According to Edward Miller (1886), the codex was produced "in the light of the most intellectual period of the early Church."Edward Miller, ''A Guide to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament'', Dean Burgon Society Press, p. 27. According to Frederic Kenyon, "the original manuscript contained the whole Greek Bible, but only scattered leaves of it were used by the scribe of St. Ephraem's works, and the rest was probably destroyed".Frederic Kenyon
''Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts''
(London 1896), 2nd edition, p. 138. Swete only examined the text of the Old Testament. According to him the original order of the Old Testament cannot be reconstructed. The scribe who converted the manuscript into a palimpsest used the leaves for his new text without regard to their original arrangement. The original manuscript was not a single volume.{{r, Swete It is currently housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Grec 9) in

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