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Parker, D. C.

Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest bible / D.C. Parker. - London : Peabody, Mass. : British Library ; Hendrickson, c2010. - xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col) ; 25 cm.

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

ISBN: 9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.) 071235803X (British Library : hbk.) 9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)

LCCN: 2010537726

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB096597 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015624900 Uk

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)--History.

LC Class. No.: BS64.S5 / P37 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 220.48 P238C