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Reading a handwritten sentence

Posted: October 5th, 2020, 12:49 am
by doday
A user on another site posted this question: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/51054

They are requesting assistance reading a line of handwritten text that they believe is Greek (it seems like it to me but I’m no expert in this):

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  • Is this Greek?
  • If so, what does the line with red arrows say?

Re: Reading a handwritten sentence

Posted: October 5th, 2020, 2:26 am
by RandallButh
ΗΝ ΔΕ ΕΓΓΥΣ ΤΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ Η ΕΟΡΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΙΟΥΔΑΙΩΝ

Re: Reading a handwritten sentence

Posted: October 5th, 2020, 11:00 am
by doday
Thanks! It look like it’s from John 6 (and I can now see surrounding context also).

Re: Reading a handwritten sentence

Posted: October 5th, 2020, 5:36 pm
by S Walch
Hello Dan,

Yes, all of that is from John 6:2-5, starting from ὅτι through to αὐτόν.

As it's from minuscule 472, it most certainly is handwritten :)