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The manuscript consists of 209 leaves, 145 from the New Testament and 64 from the Old Testament. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ephaemi was taken to Florence. Catherine de' Medici brought it to Paris when she married French King Henry II. The text has three correctors labeled C<sup>1</sup>, C<sup>2</sup>, and C<sup>3</sup>. C<sup>1</sup> was active in the 500s while C<sup>3</sup> was active in the 800s.
The manuscript consists of 209 leaves, 145 from the New Testament and 64 from the Old Testament. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ephaemi was taken to Florence. Catherine de' Medici brought it to Paris when she married French King Henry II. The text has three correctors labeled C<sup>1</sup>, C<sup>2</sup>, and C<sup>3</sup>. C<sup>1</sup> was active in the 500s while C<sup>3</sup> was active in the 800s.
The text of Codex Ephaemi has been characterized as a "weaker brother" to the Alexandrian text. B. F Westcott and F. J. A. Hort created the Alexandrian text in 1881 by combining [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]].
[[Category: Biblical Documents]]
[[Category: Biblical Documents]]