Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
Majuscule · C 04 · 5th century
A palimpsest: in the 12th century its 5th-century Bible was scraped off and the leaves were reused for Greek translations of sermons by Ephraem the Syrian, which gave it its name. Tischendorf deciphered the faint text underneath and published it in 1843. It came to France with Catherine de’ Medici.
Contents
Parts of every New Testament book but 2 Thessalonians and 2 John, and parts of the Old Testament; about 145 of its New Testament leaves survive.
Where It Is Kept
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Gr. 9).
Cited For
- Matthew 13:51 “Jesus saith unto them”
- Matthew 13:51 “Lord”
- Matthew 17:21 “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting”
- Mark 9:29 “and fasting”
- Mark 11:26 “But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses”
- Mark 16:9–20 “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils …”
- 1 Timothy 3:16 “God”
Majuscules (or uncials) are written in capital letters, usually on parchment, from the 4th century to the 10th. Each has a number beginning with 0, and the best known also a letter: A 02, B 03.
