The Materials Used for Making a Codex Manuscript
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Lesson
Various materials were used in creating NT manuscripts. Wallace discusses papyrus, parchments, and paper, each with advantages and disadvantages for transmitting the text faithfully.
Outline
I. PAPYRUS - 2ND THROUGH 8TH CENTURY
A. From Egypt
B. Suggests the codex was used so all four gospels could be bound together
II. PARCHMENT – 3RD THROUGH 16TH CENTURY
A. Animal skins (vellum)
1. 350 sheep for Codex Sinaiticus
2. Oldest complete NT (4 columns)
3. Write around the holes
B. Orientation
1. Recto – always the front page
2. Verso – always the back page
C. Examples
1. Sinaiticus
2. Codex 2882
3. Lectionary on paper
4. Palimpsest (“again scraped”)
5. Lectionary 2258
III. PAPER – 9TH THROUGH 16TH CENTURY (INVENTED BY THE CHINESE)
IV. SUMMARY