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Of its prior history, little is known. It is speculated to have been written in [[Egypt]] and it is sometimes associated with the 50 copies of the scriptures commissioned by Roman Emperor [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] after his conversion to Christianity
A paleographical study at the British Museum in 1938 found that the text had undergone several corrections. The first corrections were done by several scribes before the manuscript left the scriptorium. In the sixth or seventh century many alterations were made, which, according to a [[colophon (book)|colophon]] at the end of the book of [[Esdras]] and [[Book of Esther|Esther]] states, that the source of these alterations was ''"a very ancient manuscript that had been corrected by the hand of the holy martyr [[Pamphilius of Caesarea|Pamphylus]]"''. From this is concluded, that it had been in [[Caesarea Palaestina]] in the 6th or 7th centuries.<ref>Bruce A. Metzger, the Text of the New Testament, it's Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press, 1992, p46.</ref> Uncorrected is the pervasive [[iotacism]], especially of the ει diphthong.
== Discovery ==
