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Description

Greek manuscript, 4th century, uncial script. Codex Sinaiticus, (Leipzig, Royal Library, Cod. Frid.Aug)

Text: Bible, Esther 1:20–21

Transcription:
ποιη εν τη βασιλει-
α αυτου· και ουτως
πασαι αι γυναικες
περιθησουσιν τι-
μην τοις ανδρασι
εαυτων απο πτω-
χου εως πλουσιου·
και ηρεσεν ο λο-
γος τω βασιλει· και
τοις αρχουσιν· και
εποιησεν ο βασι-
λευς καθ' α ελαλη-
σεν ο μαμουχεος·

Translations

English: "[...]published in all his empire, and thus all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. And this advice pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan."
Dansk: "[...]offentliggjorde i hele sit rige · og således skal alle hustruer give deres mænd ære både til store og små · og dette råd behagede kongen · og fyrsterne · og kongen handlede ifølge Memucans ord ·"
Source

Reproduction in Edward Maunde Thompson, An Introduction to Greek and Latin Paleography, (Oxford: Clarendon, 1912). Websource: Paul Halsall, Byzantine Paleography. Cropped.
Date

2008-01-26 (upload)
Author

anonymous
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