"The oldest Bible in the world is kept in Leipzig like a treasure. It is so valuable that nobody can see the parchment"

[Steven Avery]

"The oldest Bible in the world is kept in Leipzig like a treasure. It is so valuable that nobody can see the parchment"

sister thread

the British Library allowed only four scholars to inspect the Codex Sinaiticus leaves in 25 years!
Codex Sinaiticus is accessible to everyone .[/FONT]"That's the future.We can not reverse the fragmentation of such texts, "says Schneider. (Mz)

 

[Steven Avery]

"the German scholar tended to regard the Codex, for practical purposes, as his own private property"

This keeping the manuscript inaccessible goes back to Tischendorf.

"the German scholar tended to regard the Codex, for practical purposes, as his own private property" p. 17

Some unpublished letters of S. P. Tregelles Relating to the Codex Sinaiticus (1976)
Timothy C. F. Stunt
Evangelical Quarterly