Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus Facsimile (10.5 inches wide by 12.5 inches tall). This is a fifth-century Greek manuscript of the Bible. One of the four great Uncials (the other three are Codex Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus and Vaticanus). This codex is a palimpsest which means the original text was washed off and reused in the 12th century which contains Greek translations of 38 treatises composed by Ephrem the Syrian, a prominent bishop of the mid-4th century. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the codex was brought to Florence 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 France as part of her dowry, and from the Bourbon royal library it came to rest in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. The manuscript was bound in 1602. 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. The lower text of the palimpsest named Codex C contains material from every New Testament book except Second Thessalonians and Second John; however, only six books of the Greek Old Testament are represented. It was deciphered by biblical scholar and palaeographer Tischendorf in 1840–1843, and was edited by him in 1843–1845. Currently it is housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Grec 9) in Paris. Wikipedia May take up to 2 weeks for delivery.
