The False Claims of Constantine Simonides Regarding Sinaiticus

The title he excerpted from is called "The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club" by Christopher De Hamel. It came out 10/27.

Thanks.
And I like this quote from Christopher de Hamel.

Medieval Craftsmen
Scribes and Illuminators (1992)
Christopher De Hamel, British Museum
https://books.google.com/books?id=9X1Vc393iPAC&pg=PA12

In the early monastic period of manuscript production parchment was often quite thick, but by the thirteenth century it was being planed away to an almost tissue thinness.
 
Are you familiar with the Benedict references, that work with dates before the Sinaiticus controversy, e.g. in the 2015 Genius book?
Or in the Lambrou catalog?
Or the Lykurgos bio?

Are you following a specific journalist, historian, writer etc?

He was a swindler.

A habitual, compulsive liar.

A cunning and deceitful person, who couldn't be trusted (not even by his own parents).

The Monk's from the Cloisters of Athos sent the warning out...hmmmm

The commission summoned Simonides to appear before it and explain, but he had got wind of the state of affairs and had skipped away with the proceeds of his sales to the King. For a few years he was completely lost to view. His performance in Athens was almost forgotten. In the middle of the sixties he turned up, unrecognized and unsuspected, in Constantinople
 
He carefully selected his victims.

He used identity theft, misrepresenting real people.

He name dropped.

He custom tailored his sales pitches to his individual victims.

He practiced his techniques and refined them.

He used false alias.

He groomed his victims.
 
Questions on Constantine's relatives.

  1. Which specific relative did Simonides try to poison?
  2. With what did he try to poison this relative?
  3. Why did he try to poison this relative?
  4. What were the consequences of this attempted poisoning?

These are serious questions that, (considering all your bragging about what you know in all these posts) we rightly expect you to know more than anyone else about.
 
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Anything in the 2015 book with a dozen or so writers on Simonides?

Or are you still on “apparently” from Haris Kalligas?
 
Relevant questions on Constantine Simonides closest relatives. You seem to be quite squeamish about answering these questions about Simonides attempt at murder.

  1. Which specific relative did Simonides try to poison?
  2. With what did he try to poison this relative?
  3. Why did he try to poison this relative?
  4. What were the consequences of this attempted poisoning?

These are serious questions that we expect you to be well informed about.
 
Its in German.
Which you can't read either.

Why are you continually referencing works published in languages you can't read? The fact that you can't read them means whatever authority you attach to them is immediately suspect. It also invalidates any point you're trying to make.
 
These are serious questions that we expect you to be very well informed about.

These questions relate directly to how and why young Constantine ended up on Mt Athos in the first place.

Questions about young Simonides attempt at murder.

  1. Which specific relative did Simonides try to poison?
  2. With what did he try to poison this relative?
  3. Why did he try to poison this relative?
  4. What were the consequences of this attempted poisoning?
 
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Which you can't read either.

Why are you continually referencing works published in languages you can't read? The fact that you can't read them means whatever authority you attach to them is immediately suspect. It also invalidates any point you're trying to make.

He's posting a lot of German stuff on his blog. You'll notice he's skipping a lot of pages from the books he's taking them from. I wonder why?
 
He's posting a lot of German stuff on his blog. You'll notice he's skipping a lot of pages from the books he's taking them from. I wonder why?

French, German and some Latin have been in play the last weeks. The purpose is to post the most relevant sections. With the Latin, the section where Tischendorf attacks the linguistics of the Simonides Athous edition of Hermas is of major interest. And some or all of thr Tisch attacks may be getting professional translation.
 
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