{{Short description|French scholar}} {{Infobox academic|alma_mater={{Plainlist| * INALCO {{Small|(BA, MA, PhD)}} * École normale supérieure {{Small|(BA)}} * Catholic University of Paris {{Small|(BA)}} }}|discipline=Arabic studies|sub_discipline={{Plainlist| * Quranic studies * Codicology * Arabic palaeography }}}} '''Eléonore Cellard''' is a French scholar who specializes in Arabic palaeography and codicology, particularly Quranic manuscripts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2018-04-25|title=Passages from the Bible discovered behind Qur'an manuscript|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/25/passages-from-the-bible-discovered-behind-quran-manuscript-christies|access-date=2022-02-19|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> She started her research on the Quran in 2008. To do so, she learned the Arabic language and studied Arabic literature. She is a post-doctoral fellow at the Collège de France.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Scarsi|first=Alice|date=2018-04-25|title='Extraordinary' manuscript shows Bible words ERASED to make room for Qur'an text|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/951255/bible-christianity-quran-islam-islamic-holy-text|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

She discovered evidence of Coptic "lower text" (erased text) on a palimpsest page whose upper text was a page of an 8th century Quranic manuscript in Arabic. The Coptic writing was determined to be a portion of the biblical Book of Deuteronomy.<ref name=":0" />

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