the 43 leaves of Leipzig in 1844 were in "suspicious circumstances ... remarkably good condition" - James Charlesworth

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Charlesworth in Bentley

Indeed, the 43 parchment leaves were in suspiciously good condition for something consigned to the trash. -- James H. Charlesworth, foreword, Secrets of Mount Sinai: the Story of the World's Oldest Bible - Codex Sinaiticus, by James Bentley (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1986),pp. 87-88.

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And many others including

Peterson
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and Wikipedia

 

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Peterson

The Church and the Library

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Toward the Future: Museums and Art History in East Asia. Edited by Hiroyuki Suzuki and Akira Akiyama - PDF Free Download

Toward the Future: Museums and Art History in East Asia Edited by Hiroyuki Suzuki and Akira Akiyama Editors: Hiroyuki Suzuki and Akira Akiyama Editorial Coordinator: Saskia Thoelen Cover Design: Kozo Wakasugi

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The carving of the stele, however, was very stiff, not convincing for the Tang dynasty, and the figures were all in suspiciously good condition. The work was likely created in the nineteenth century for the antiquities market and embellished with the Tang and Qing dynasty inscriptions.