▁be ▁econom ized . ▁According ▁to ▁Met z ger , ▁" the ▁similarity ▁of ▁its ▁text ▁in ▁significant ▁port ions ▁of ▁both ▁Test aments ▁with ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁versions ▁and ▁with ▁Greek ▁pap y ri , ▁and ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁writing ▁( not ably ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁forms ▁used ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁titles ) ▁point ▁rather ▁to ▁Egypt ▁and ▁Alexand ria ". ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁post ulated ▁that ▁at ▁one ▁time ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁Card inal ▁B ess ar ion , ▁because ▁the ▁min usc ule ▁supp lement ▁has ▁a ▁text ▁similar ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁B ess ar ion ' s ▁manuscript s . ▁T . ▁C . ▁S ke at ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁B ess ar ion ' s ▁ment or , ▁the ▁patri arch al ▁not ary ▁in ▁Constantin ople ▁John ▁Ch ort as men os , ▁had ▁the ▁book ▁brought ▁to ▁Rome ▁from ▁Constantin ople ▁around ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire . ▁According ▁to ▁Paul ▁Can art , ▁the ▁decor ative ▁initial s ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁manuscript ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁are ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁Constantin opol itan ▁decor ation ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century , ▁but ▁the ▁poor ▁execution ▁gives ▁the ▁impression ▁they ▁were ▁added ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁or ▁ 1 2 th ▁century , ▁and ▁likely ▁not ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁appear ▁in ▁connection ▁with ▁notes ▁in ▁a ▁min