Peter Tarras - A Blog Dedicated to the Dispersed Manuscript Heritage of Saint Catherine’s - thefts Tischendorf et al - bibliography

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Sinaiticus 1844

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Is this a reference to the 1844 Sinaiticus?

Page of Archimedes Palimpsest

the theft and mutilation of manuscripts

Some manuscript thefts of Tischendorf were unrelated to the immediate Sinaiticus issues. They are significant in that they show the pattern, the tenor of the times and the need for coverups. (This is true even if you believe that the thefts were justified for scholarship purposes. Or...
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The Greek mathematician Michael Lambrou stated that in all probability Tischendorf stole not just the palimpsest leaf, but all 43 others gathered on his expedition.

Tischendorf and the Codex Sinaiticus: The Saga Continues (2005)
Michael D. Peterson,
http://books.google.com/books?id=DLSMIdACXbUC&pg=PA89

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