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2 unusual facts about Franz Anton Knittel


Codex Carolinus

Franz Anton Knittel (1721–1792) recognized two lower Greek texts of the New Testament in this palimpsest codex, and designated them by A and B, he recognized also the Gothic-Latin text (known later as Codex Carolinus).

Franz Anton Knittel examined it and deciphered its text as the first.



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