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  2. Constantin von Tischendorf - Wikipedia

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    In 1869 the Tsar awarded Tischendorf the style of "von" Tischendorf as a Russian noble. 327 facsimile editions of the Codex were printed in Leipzig for the Tsar (instead of a salary for the three-year work of Tischendorf the Tsar gave him 100 copies for reselling) in order to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the traditional foundation of the ...

  3. Codex Vaticanus - Wikipedia

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    According to Tischendorf the manuscript was written by three scribes (A, B, C), two of whom appear to have written the Old Testament and one the entire New Testament. [33] Tischendorf's view was accepted by Frederic G. Kenyon, but contested by T. C. Skeat, who examined the codex more thoroughly. Skeat and other paleographers contested ...

  4. Novum Instrumentum omne - Wikipedia

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    That manuscript was not complete, the final leaf, which contained the last six verses of the book, having been torn off. [ 42 ] Instead of delaying the publication on account of the search for another manuscript, he decided to translate the missing verses from the Latin Vulgate into Greek, alerting readers to this in a note.

  5. Appointment with Death (film) - Wikipedia

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    Appointment with Death is a 1988 American mystery film and sequel produced and directed by Michael Winner. Made by Golan - Globus Productions, the film is an adaptation of the 1938 Agatha Christie novel Appointment with Death featuring the detective Hercule Poirot .

  6. The Remaining - Wikipedia

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    The Remaining is a 2014 American apocalyptic horror film directed by Casey La Scala, who co-wrote the script with Chris Dowling. [3] The film had a limited theatrical release on September 5, 2014, and centers upon a group of friends that are forced to examine their lives after the Apocalypse strikes.

  7. Archimedes Palimpsest - Wikipedia

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    Archimedes did not know about differentiation, so he could not calculate any integrals other than those that came from center-of-mass considerations, by symmetry. While he had a notion of linearity, to find the volume of a sphere he had to balance two figures at the same time; he never determined how to change variables or integrate by parts.

  8. Barton Fink - Wikipedia

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    Barton Fink is a 1991 American black comedy thriller film written, produced, edited and directed by the Coen brothers.Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie Meadows, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.

  9. The Short-Timers - Wikipedia

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    The leader of fireteam three. While in the jungle, he sides with Animal Mother in trying to go back for Cowboy. In the sequel novel, he is living in New Jersey with a Hare-lipped child. T.H.E. Rock; A marine who is wearing a small quartz rock necklace, he is shot in the head during the raid on the citadel. His death drives the team on a ...