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Fig. 95. Ms. London, Brit. Libr. Add. 14,512, a famous palimpsest ms. containing in its lower writing portions from the biblical book of Isaiah (Leiden Peshitta Institute: 5ph1), dated 459/60 (which makes this ms. the oldest dated biblical ms. that is known) and in its upper writing services for the feasts of the liturgical year. At the top right the middle of Is. 16:8 is clearly visible. From Hatch, Album, 53 (Plate II). See entries: Old Testament Bible manuscripts, Manuscripts, and Palimpsests.