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Manuscript
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
C (04)
codex
- Date
- 5th century CE
- Language
- Koine Greek
- Material
- Parchment (palimpsest)
- Provenance
- Overwritten with sermons of Ephrem
- Contents
- Fragments of OT and most of NT
- Notes
- Original text recovered with chemicals in the 19th c.
Significance
A key palimpsest witness whose underlying biblical text was recovered by early textual critics.