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Another major subject of "fragmented codex" reviews is the , an early 13th-century manuscript that serves as a cautionary tale of "biblioclasm"—the intentional breaking of books. This Bible was complete until 1981, when it was broken apart and its leaves sold individually for profit. The concept of the "fragmented codex" has birthed a new methodology called . Below is a detailed look at the most significant historical and scholarly "Fragmented Codex" studies. This scholarly review focuses on , a 5th-century Pauline manuscript that was notoriously difficult to study due to its extreme physical degradation. Modern reconstructions estimate the total value of these dispersed leaves at nearly $887,700 . Fragmentology: The Digital Afterlife |
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