230 thalers - the Tischendorf enrichment and blocking of access to the manuscript - Hilgenfeld's comment

[Steven Avery]

"And I don't want to presume to earn the price of the precious imperial splendor - edition of Sinaiticus (at 230 thalers), which he set for the refutation of his palaographic judgment."



Und ich will mich nicht anheischig machen, den Preis der kostbaren kaiserlichen Pracht - Ausgabe des Sinaiticus (zu 230 Thlr.), welchen er auf die Widerlegung seines palaographischen Urtheils gesetzt hat, zu verdienen.

Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie, Volume 7
https://books.google.com/books?id=zEcbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA214

Adolf Hilgenfeld's pithy comment, to the point, and helps expose the TIschendorf charade. Not only did he not have scholar's access to the manuscripts, he could not even use the real facsimile edition without forking over big $$$.

 

[Steven Avery]

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Hilgenfeld talked of the pricey facsimile that Tischendorf made available.

There was essentially no access to the manuscript sections, that would have blown the whistle on the Tischendorf con in a day.

All the scholars should have insisted on manuscript access before making any date determinations, rather than using the cagey facsimile of Tischendorf that masked the colouring and staining and amazing condition of the parchment and ink.

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As described here:

If you think the German scholars had access to the manuscript, you have the burden of proof. They should be giving manuscript descriptions in the German Journals. Find one.

Instead we have only Hilgenfeld saying that Tischendorf extorts the book purchase:

Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie, Volume 7
https://books.google.com/books?id=zEcbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA214

Und ich will mich nicht anheischig machen, den Preis der kostbaren kaiserlichen Pracht - Ausgabe des Sinaiticus (zu 230 Thlr.), welchen er auf die Widerlegung seines palaographischen Urtheils gesetzt hat, zu verdienen.

Google translate:
"And I don't want to presume to earn the price of the precious imperial splendor - edition of Sinaiticus (at 230 thalers), which he set for the refutation of his palaographic judgment."

A thaler in 1860 was a silver coin, about 2/3 of an once (18.52 grams) with a melt value of over $13 of silver today. So anybody who wanted to challenge Tischendorf should buy his book that is about $3,000 at today's prices, and they still will be lied to about the manuscript colour and condition.

You really, really do not want to understand the Tischendorf manuscript con.

The above is fine. It really is easier to use the amount of silver or gold, when coins were actually bullion. 230 thalers, each one is 18.5 gm of silver, which today has a melt value near $13 for each thaler, leading to the same c. $3,000 figure in todays value for about 10 lbs of silver.
https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...er-km-360-1859-1860-cuid-1167880-duid-1360751

This was a big imposition on a scholar like Adolph Hilgenfeld who wanted to give a palaeographic analysis, worse because it was a tampered source designed to hide the truths about the manuscript and ink.