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(TO BE UPDATED)[[File:Codex-Oera-Linda-4th-Edition.jpg|thumb|most recent edition, October 2022|200px]]
''Codex Oera Linda'' is the name used by [[Jan Ott#Publications|Jan Ott]] for his printed and digital editions of the transliterated and translated Oera Linda manuscript. Copies of all manuscript pages were included in his 1st, 3rd and 4th edition, with line numbers. He also uses the name to refer to the manuscript itself, instead of [[Oera Linda Book|''Oera Linda Book'']].

== Sections==
[[File:6 delen COL taart.jpg|thumb|pie chart with sections of Codex Oera Linda, based on adding time|200px]]
The codex can be devided based on when the various parts were added:

#[[En 00a Hidde|Letters of Instruction]] (1255 and 803 CE) by [[Hidde|Hidde Oera Linda]] and [[Hidde|Liko Ovira Linda]] ([[En 00a Hidde|ch.A]] an<nowiki/>d [[En 00b Liko|ch.B]]<nowiki/>): 2 unnumbe<nowiki/>red pa<nowiki/>ges [<nowiki/>[[00a]]]-[<nowiki/>[[00b]]].
# [[En 01a Council in Disarray|The Book of Adela Followers]] (assembled ca. 560 BCE or ''[[Adela's Time]]''), containing contempora<nowiki/>ry rep<nowiki/>orts and recent history ([[En 01a Council in Disarray|ch.1]] and [[En 11a The Denmarks|ch.11]]), mythology ([[En 02a Take up your Stylus|ch.2]]), texts about laws, rights, ethics and justice ([[En 03a Burg Laws|ch.3]] to [[En 05a Three Principles|ch. 5]]), about the six-spoke wheel ([[Yule]]) and how the letters and numbers were derived from it ([[En 06 Yule, Script, Numbers|ch.6]]), old histories from around 2200 to 1200 BCE ([[En 07a Before Bad Times|ch.7]] to [[En 10a Ulysus|ch.10]]): 87 pages and 18 lines [<nowiki/>[[001]]]-[<nowiki/>[[087]]/18].
# Added by [[Adelbrost]] and [[Apollania|Apollania Overa Linda]], son and daughter of [[Adela]] and [[Apol, Husband of Adela|Apol]]: contempo<nowiki/>rary r<nowiki/>eports and recent history ([[En 12 Intrigues and Division|ch.12]], ch. [[En 13a Adel-Bond|13a]]-d), teachings ([[En 13e Teachings 1|ch.13e]]-g), description of a burg and journey ([[En 13h The Burg Liudgarda|ch.13h]]-i): 26 pages and 3 line<nowiki/>s [<nowiki/>[[087]]/19<nowiki/>]-[<nowiki/>[[113]]/21].
#Added by [[Frethorik|Frethorik Oera Linda]], his wife [[Wilyo]], their son [[Koneread]] and grandson [[Beden]] (ca. <nowiki/>300-20<nowiki/>0 BCE or ''[[Alexander's Time|Alexa]][[Alexander's Time|nder's]]'' ''[[Alexander's Time|Time]]''): contemporary reports of societal crisis and a cataclysmic event ca. 305 BCE ([[En 14a Fryasland Swamped|ch.14a]]-b and [[En 14f Northland|ch.14f]]), of the arrival of a fleet with people from Mediterranean and Punjab area, their recent history and characteristics ([[En 14c A Fleet Arrives|ch.14c]]-e and [[En 14g The Brokmen|ch.14g]]), familial ([[En 15a From the Saxonmarks|ch.15a]]), written legacy of a [[Dela or Hellenia]] about the threat of foreign religion and [[Yesus|Yesus of Kashmir]] who lived ca. 6<nowiki/>00 BCE ([[En 15b Princes and Priests|ch.15b]]-c), two found wills, most significantly about the threat of foreign religion ([[En 15d Frana's Will|ch.15d]]-e), about the rebuilding of [[Liudwerd]] ([[En 16a Canals and Dykes|ch.16a]]), [[Friso]] and his son [[Adel "Atharik"|Adel or Atharik]] ([[En 16b Alliances|ch.16b]]-d), a text by [[Gosa|Gosa of Texland]] about the purity of language ([[En 16e Purity of Language|ch.16e]]), a text by [[Liudgeart]] about the [[Panj-ab]] region ([[En 16f Panj-ab Report|ch.16f]]), snippet of a contemporary report, ending mid-sentence ([[En 17 Koneread's Successor|ch.17]]): 54 pages and 10 lines [<nowiki/>[[113]]/23]-[<nowiki/>[[168]]].
#Added by unknown: undated speech at Yulefeast by [[Rika|Rika of Staveren]] about careless use of ti<nowiki/>tles b<nowiki/>y the descendants of the returnees, some generations after Friso (ch.18): 4 pages [<nowiki/>[[189]]]-[<nowiki/>[[192]]].
#Added by unknown (ca. 50 BCE or ''[[Askar's Time]]''): contemporary reports about the reign of kin<nowiki/>g [[Adel "The Black"|Aska]]<nowiki/>[[Adel "The Black"|r or Black Adel]] (fourth king after [[Friso]]), war and decline (ch.19): 16 pages [<nowiki/>[[195]]]-[<nowiki/>[[210]]].
[[File:AltreadingorderCOLtaart.jpg|thumb|division of sections in oera Linda based on Ott's alternative reading order]]
The codex can also be devided based on [[Jan Ott|Ott]]'s [[Alternative Reading Order|alternative reading order]] (with number of manuscript pages %):

#2200 to 2100 BCE: chapters 7a to 8e (7.8%)
#1650 to 1550 BCE: chapters 9a-d, 4f-g, 9e (10.9%)
#1200 BCE: chapters 10a-b (2.1%)
#600 to 500 BCE: chapters 11, 15d, 12, 1, 13b-d, 13a, 13h-i (16.1%)
#350 to 50 BCE: chapters 14a-b, 14f, 16f, 14d-e, 14c, 14g, 15a, 16a-e, 15e, 17-19 (35.4%)
#Myths and teachings: chapters 2a-e, 6, 13e-g, 15b-c (12.5%)
#Laws, rules and justice: chapters 2f-4e, 5 (14.1%)
#Letters of instruction: chapters A, B (1.0%)
==Paper studies==
(to be added)
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