18 January 1815 A.D. Count Tischendorf Born—A Manuscript in the Trash

18 January 1815 A.D.  Count Tischendorf Born—A Manuscript in the Trash

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Constantin Tischendorf (1815 to 1874)

Protestant

He Found the Old Manuscript in the Trash

Constantin Tischendorf was born at Langenfeld, Saxony. He discovered one of the oldest (and most valuable) manuscripts of the Greek Bible at a Sinai monastery in 1844. The manuscript is called the Codex Sinaiticusand dates to the 4th century.