Talk:Codex Zacynthius

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Hello! It's been fun working on this article today—I think I am done; I just had a few questions:


 * The description states that the codex is composed of ~89 leaves. Later, the article states that the palimpsest is made up of 176 leaves. What's the story here? That there is a 176-page palimpsest and 89 of those pages contain the Gospel fragments? Maybe the problem is that I don't fully understand the distinctions between palimpsest, codex, and manuscript.


 * There is one statement: "The text of the lectionary is cited in some critical editions of the Greek New Testament". And later: "It is often cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament." Both often and some are vague, but I think some connotes few, while often connotes many. Both statements are cited :-(

That's all I can think of for now. You may want to read through the whole article to make sure I didn't unintentionally introduce factual errors. But I read a couple of the sources and made sure to cite the stuff I did change. Muy interesante. Regards. Braincricket (talk) 02:17, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The leaves were folded in half and written in format 28.7 cm by 18.2 cm (original size 36.4 x 28.7). Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 02:47, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Eighty-six pages and three half-pages. 86*2+3=175. Pretty close. I get it now. Braincricket (talk) 03:22, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. There is one detail, according to the INTF palimpsest has 176 leaves, but 040 has 89 leaves (three of them are partial). There is only one explanation - 175 leaves of the palimpsest belonged to the original codex, and one leaf (176th leaf) has another origin (not palimpsest), but I can not give sources for now. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 04:22, 16 January 2012 (UTC)