Steven Avery
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"india ink" used to obliterate
This question was given special emphasis by Bill Cooper. What he describes as "india ink" is used to obliterate one writing, and is maybe also used for some touch up situations on the manuscript. Cooper asserts that this has to be a modern ink, it did not exist in the 4th century, or anytime till recent days.
Actually, even if the ink might exist, the actual chemical make-up would have to match up with ancient inks.
Also, the very idea of obliteration by ink is likely modern and recent, not something that you would see in the first centuries.
The purpose here is to point to the most important page, maybe other pages, and see how this has been viewed, discussed or ignored. We will look at the Bill Cooper assertions and anything we can find.
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Remember, we know that Tischendorf trimmed notes off of the edges of Sinaiticus, when he was reducing the size from the original discovery. (Update: this may have been a Caspar Rene Gregory error.)
We also know that the New Finds room was a type of dump zone.
So there would be no real surprise if, on occasion, an attempt was made by erasure or obliteration to eliminate a note (rather than destruction or replacement of the parchment.)
Granted, today, we might see underneath by multi-spectral imaging, but that was not available in the 1800s. It has been used for a couple of spots in Sinaiticus, one wonders if this spot was deliberately bypassed.
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This question was given special emphasis by Bill Cooper. What he describes as "india ink" is used to obliterate one writing, and is maybe also used for some touch up situations on the manuscript. Cooper asserts that this has to be a modern ink, it did not exist in the 4th century, or anytime till recent days.
Actually, even if the ink might exist, the actual chemical make-up would have to match up with ancient inks.
Also, the very idea of obliteration by ink is likely modern and recent, not something that you would see in the first centuries.
The purpose here is to point to the most important page, maybe other pages, and see how this has been viewed, discussed or ignored. We will look at the Bill Cooper assertions and anything we can find.
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Remember, we know that Tischendorf trimmed notes off of the edges of Sinaiticus, when he was reducing the size from the original discovery. (Update: this may have been a Caspar Rene Gregory error.)
We also know that the New Finds room was a type of dump zone.
So there would be no real surprise if, on occasion, an attempt was made by erasure or obliteration to eliminate a note (rather than destruction or replacement of the parchment.)
Granted, today, we might see underneath by multi-spectral imaging, but that was not available in the 1800s. It has been used for a couple of spots in Sinaiticus, one wonders if this spot was deliberately bypassed.
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