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Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest bible / D.C. Parker.
Material type:
TextPublication details: London : British Library ; Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson, c2010.Description: xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col) ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.)
- 071235803X (British Library : hbk.)
- 9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)
- 220.48 P238C 22
- BS64.S5 P37 2010
Contents:
Summary: The story of how the Codex Sinaiticus was created and used in the ancient church; how it was preserved for centuries at the monastery of St. Catherine's, Mount Sinai; its subsequent history and how its pages came to be divided and dispersed; and how it has been compiled again and made accessible to a worldwide audience for the first time.--From publisher description
Every book its destiny -- The Christian book in the age of Constantine -- Making a Bible in the year 350 -- Setting to work -- The scribes and what they did -- The correctors and what they did -- The text of the Bible in Codex Sinaiticus -- Beyond the scriptorium -- 1844-1869 -- Beyond the monastery -- Codex Sinaiticus comes to town -- The virtual Codex Sinaiticus.
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Photograph of codex on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Every book its destiny -- The Christian book in the age of Constantine -- Making a Bible in the year 350 -- Setting to work -- The scribes and what they did -- The correctors and what they did -- The text of the Bible in Codex Sinaiticus -- Beyond the scriptorium -- 1844-1869 -- Beyond the monastery -- Codex Sinaiticus comes to town -- The virtual Codex Sinaiticus.
The story of how the Codex Sinaiticus was created and used in the ancient church; how it was preserved for centuries at the monastery of St. Catherine's, Mount Sinai; its subsequent history and how its pages came to be divided and dispersed; and how it has been compiled again and made accessible to a worldwide audience for the first time.--From publisher description
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