Steven Avery
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Is the ink placed over the yellow ms. or does the ms. yellow naturally after the ink?
Actually, there are three possibilities.
1) A new parchment ms. is written on and then turns yellow over hundreds of years (In such a case, flaking ink should not change the parchment colour.)
2) A new parchment ms. is written on, and then is artificially yellowed by the standard tricks of the trade (flaking ink could expose a lighter colour, as the yellowing is more superficial)
3) An old yellowed parchment is used for writing. (How would an expert tell #1 from #3)
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This is a question that comes up in Sinaiticus (the yellowed English pages.)
As discussed here:
flaking ink - does it expose white parchment colouring over ink?
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php/threads/b.117
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And on any known forgery, like 2427. Yet so far, we have not seen this discussed on 2427.
And I will plan on contacting a materials scientist and ask if this question comes up a lot in looking at ancient mss.
Actually, there are three possibilities.
1) A new parchment ms. is written on and then turns yellow over hundreds of years (In such a case, flaking ink should not change the parchment colour.)
2) A new parchment ms. is written on, and then is artificially yellowed by the standard tricks of the trade (flaking ink could expose a lighter colour, as the yellowing is more superficial)
3) An old yellowed parchment is used for writing. (How would an expert tell #1 from #3)
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This is a question that comes up in Sinaiticus (the yellowed English pages.)
As discussed here:
flaking ink - does it expose white parchment colouring over ink?
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php/threads/b.117
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And on any known forgery, like 2427. Yet so far, we have not seen this discussed on 2427.
And I will plan on contacting a materials scientist and ask if this question comes up a lot in looking at ancient mss.
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