Charles Lang Freer acquired the Codex Washingtonianus manuscript in Egypt in 1906.
Sources
- Charles Lang Freer | American industrialist and art collector (britannica.com)
- http://textus-receptus.com/wiki/Codex_Washingtonianus (textus-receptus.com)
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/131227-ancient-bible-codex-washingtonianus-freer-logion-religion-culture (nationalgeographic.com)
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