Manuscript · C/04 · c. AD 450
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
A palimpsest manuscript in which the biblical text was erased and overwritten with Syriac sermons of Ephrem in the 12th century. Tischendorf deciphered the undertext using chemical reagents in 1843-1845. One of the four great uncial codices.
- Date
- c. AD 450
- Language
- Greek
- Material
- Parchment (palimpsest)
- Script
- Uncial
- Contents
- Portions of every NT book except 2 Thessalonians and 2 John; portions of OT (Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song, Wisdom, Sirach). A palimpsest: biblical text overwritten with sermons of Ephrem the Syrian.
- Location
- Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris (Grec 9)