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The Recette de Saint-Remi and the Layout of an Early Greek Parchment Codex (P.Ant. 1 27)

Abstract

This article identifies a folium from an early Greek parchment codex (P.Ant. 1 27) that is arranged in a way that corresponds very closely to the layout prescribed by the medieval set of instructions known as the Recette de Saint-Remi. P.Ant. 1 27, probably produced in the third or fourth century CE, would likely be the earliest surviving example of this layout.