Codex Ephraemi
Rescriptus. This Codex is called a palimpset, the name
given to a parchment which has been written on twice by having the first
writing erased or partially erased. Originally it was a manuscript of the Old
and New Testaments, copied around 450 A.D. In the 12th century the original was
erased and the sermons of the Syrian Father Ephraem (around 300 A.D.) were
written in its place. In the process many of the pages were lost. It came into
the possession of Catherine de Medici about 1553 and at her death it was placed
in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. It was later discovered that there were
traces of writing underneath Ephraem’s sermons. Through the application of
chemicals the original writing was partially restored. Tischendorf edited and
published it in 1845.
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