Tischendorf acknowledges that 1859 pages have varied colouring (which is due to staining) "individual leaves are quite different from one another"

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Notitia editionis codicis bibliorum sinaitici: Auspiciis imp. Alexandri II. susceptae. Accedit catalogus cod. nuper ex oriente Petropolin perlatorum item Origenes Scholia in Proverbia Salomonis (1860)
By Konstantin von Tischendorf
https://books.google.com/books?id=DpI4EOWye7MC&pg=RA2-PA5

Page XVII [Page 5, Google Books] Tischendorf's "Prolegomena cum Commentario", Subheading II., un his Notitia (published in 1860).

"Membrana codicis non tam alba quam sufflava est, magnaque ubique laevitate et subtilitate, quamvis singula folia satis inter se differant."

"The parchment of the Codex is not so much white [Or: "gray" "pearl" "pale"] as it is a yellow-ish [Or: "blond"] color, present everywhere is a lightness and fineness of texture, although the individual leaves are quite different from one another."

"The membrane of the codex is not so white as buff, and is everywhere of great smoothness and fineness, although the individual leaves are quite different from each other."
 
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SINAITICUS COLOURING AND STAINING OF THE 1859 PAGES

One of the key elements of the colouring of Sinaiticus is the uneven color and staining of the 1859 St. Petersburg pages, now at the British Library. This is in addition to the pages being in incredibly youthful condition, but with a "yellowing" that is not on the 1844 in Leipzig. This yellowing is clearly not "age".

We saw that uneven element in the 2009 Codex Sinaiticus Project, online. David Daniels did a very thorough check.

We just found out that Tischendorf actually noted the wide variety of page colouring on the 1859 pages! Placing it in his 1860 book Notitia and then later editions.

Afaik, there is really only one explanation for this phenomenon, the artificial colouring and staining that occurred in Sinai in the 1850s and was very specifically pointed out by Simonides and Kallinikos.

Tischendorf writing of the 1859 pages:

"Membrana codicis non tam alba quam sufflava est, magnaque ubique laevitate et subtilitate, quamvis singula folia satis inter se differant."

"The parchment of the Codex is not so much white [Or: "gray" "pearl" "pale"] as it is a yellowish [Or: "blond"] color, present everywhere is a lightness and fineness of texture, although the individual leaves are quite different from one another."

This translation is from the contra TNC on CARM, tweaking google translate.

First source:

Notitia editionis codicis bibliorum sinaitici: Auspiciis imp. Alexandri II. susceptae. Accedit catalogus cod. nuper ex oriente Petropolin perlatorum item Origenes Scholia in Proverbia Salomonis (1860)
by Konstantin von Tischendorf
https://books.google.com/books?id=DpI4EOWye7MC&pg=RA2-PA5
 
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