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− | {{information|This is correct. The missing portions of Facsimile #2 were filled in prior to the image being published in the newspaper. In order to fill in the missing portions, someone (possibly Joseph Smith or the engraver, | + | {{information|This is correct. The missing portions of Facsimile #2 were filled in prior to the image being published in the newspaper. In order to fill in the missing portions, someone (possibly Joseph Smith or the engraver, Reuben Hedlock) selected images from other portions of the papyri and used them to create a "complete" image. There is no statement or indication that these missing portions were filled in by Joseph through revelation - in fact, one will note that the "filled in" portions have no interpretive explanations from Joseph Smith associated with them. |
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{{:Question: Were missing portions of Facsimile 2 incorrectly restored?}} | {{:Question: Were missing portions of Facsimile 2 incorrectly restored?}} | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of: For my Wife and Children (Letter to my Wife), a work by author: Anonymous
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Chapter 21 - The Translation |
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the original papyrus for Facsimile #2 was damaged and has been filled-in to make the image appear complete.
Regarding Facsimile 2, it should be noted that portions of the original Facsimile 2 appear to have been missing, and that the missing portions were filled in with characters or images taken from other sources before the image was published in the Times and Seasons. Some material was copied from the Joseph Smith papyri. Among the missing sections may have been the area identified as section #3, which matches a figure which appears on Joseph Smith Papyrus IV. One interesting thing about this restoration is that the figure in the boat actually does appear in this section of at least one other hypocephalus.
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