Tischendorf, such a reduction in the size of the letters at the end of a line or column only occurs more frequently from the sixth century onwards -

[Steven Avery]

Tischendorf, such a reduction in the size of the letters at the end of a line or column only occurs more frequently from the sixth century onwards - Karl Hoffman in Gardthausen

Gardthausen
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...-and-hermas-are-not-4th-century.140/#post-314

Hoffmann maintains the Ambrosian and Syrian palimpsest Iliad as older than the cod. Sinaiticus, while Hilgenfeld and Donaldson placed it in the 6th century for linguistic reasons, as in the Old and New Testaments the genuine optative occurs frequently

 

[Steven Avery]

Karl Hoffmann
https://books.google.com/books?id=_iA-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA5

Wir haben nur eine Art der Abbreviatur in (Φ und Χ) bemerkt. Am Schlüsse der Verse wird nämlich mehrfach ein auslautendes y durch einen horizontalen Strich über dem letzten Buchstaben bezeichnet. In der Regel gewann indessen der Schreiber den fehlenden Raum dadurch, dass er die letzten Buchstaben eines Verses kleiner schrieb. — *) In den anderen Büchern finden sich am Versende noch einige andere Abbreviaturen.

We only noticed one type of abbreviation in (Φ und Χ) . At the end of the verse, a final cs y is repeatedly denoted by a horizontal line over the last letter. As a rule, however, the scribe gained the missing space by writing the last letters of a verse smaller. — *) In the other books there are some other abbreviations at the end.

https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...entury-gardthausen-references.158/#post-11904

•) Nach Tischendorf findet sich eine solehe Verkleinerung der Buchstaben am Ende einer Zeile oder Columne erst vom sechsten Jahrhundert an häufiger. Der Ambrosianus scheint sie noch nicht zu haben. Doch wird man bei poetischen Werken, weil eine Zeile einen ganzen Vers enthalten muste, daraus nicht viel schliessen dürfen. Wir halten nach Schrift und Abbreviaturen den Ambros. und den Syriacus für älter als den Sinaiticus N. T. haben aber kein sicheres Urteil darüber.

According to Tischendorf, such a reduction in the size of the letters at the end of a line or column only occurs more frequently from the sixth century onwards. The Ambrosianus doesn't seem to have them yet. But in the case of poetic works, because a line must contain a whole verse, one cannot conclude much from it. According to scripture and abbreviations, we hold Ambros. and the Syriacus for older than the Sinaiticus N. T. but have no sure judgment about it

 

[Steven Avery]

Kenyon - Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts p. 126 like Hoffmann and Gardthausen
http://www.katapi.org.uk/BibleMSS/master.html?http://www.katapi.org.uk/BibleMSS/Ch7.htm
https://books.google.com/books?id=xh1LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA126

The reader may also note the common practice of writing the last letters of a line very small, so as to get more into a line. But in verses 43, 44, a very important textual question arises.

Page Kenyon is discussion.
https://codexsinaiticus.org/en/manu...lioNo=6&lid=en&quireNo=79&side=r&zoomSlider=0