Codex Vaticanus - Denied

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A Protestant friend claims that qualified scholars were denied access to it. Was this true, and why?

My guess is that back then…if they were not Catholic scholars, then in who’s opinion were they considered qualified?

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I don’t know that they were denied access. I always thought Hort and Wescott used the Codex Vaticanus as one of the bases for their Greek New Testament.
 
Jaguar said:
A Protestant friend claims that qualified scholars were denied access to it. Was this true, and why?

My guess is that back then…if they were not Catholic scholars, then in who’s opinion were they considered qualified?

Thanks!
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Jaguar, I think your friend needs to give you some specific information when making this charge–exactly who were these scholars, and when were they denied access? This sort of vague accusation is often made by non-Catholics, with no proof to back them up…🤷
 
My guess is that with a precious and fragile artifact like that, almost nobody, qualified or not, would get access lest it crumble into dust under the touch.

The thing is OLD!

I agree with the previous poster who asked that your friend indicate who was denied, when, and why.
 
mercygate said:
My guess is that with a precious and fragile artifact like that, almost nobody, qualified or not, would get access lest it crumble into dust under the touch.

The thing is OLD!

I agree with the previous poster who asked that your friend indicate who was denied, when, and why.
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I think there are photographic reproductions of vaticanus online.
 
obadiah said:
I think there are photographic reproductions of vaticanus online.
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Undoubtedly. But the OP was probably referring to times before photography made wide access possible, and certainly before the Internet.

Sidebar: The second largest collection of ancient manuscripts in the world (after the Vatican) is in St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai. A few years ago they received a grant to acquire sophisticated digital equipment and to construct special cradles to hold the old codexes so that they can be stored and disseminated on the Internet. 👍
 
Recently part of the Codex Vaticanus was on display in the Chester Beatty library in Dublin, where no one was denied the opportunity to view it.
 
mercygate said:
Undoubtedly. But the OP was probably referring to times before photography made wide access possible, and certainly before the Internet.

Sidebar: The second largest collection of ancient manuscripts in the world (after the Vatican) is in St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai. A few years ago they received a grant to acquire sophisticated digital equipment and to construct special cradles to hold the old codexes so that they can be stored and disseminated on the Internet. 👍
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There’s a book called “Secrets of Mt Sinai” by James Bentley that examines the “oldest bible” known of (at least when the book was written) that was found at St. Catherine’s Monastary. It talks about how it and the codex vaticanus both have parts of the N.T. “missing.”
 
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Ok, thanks.
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My mommy had about a hundred banty chickens, two geese, two shetland ponys, two cats, five dogs, a big vegetable garden, one husband, and two screeming brats (me included). I love that picture you have.
 
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