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Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest bible / D.C. Parker.

By: Publication details: London, UK : British Library ; Peabody, MA. : Hendrickson, c2010.Description: xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates ; illus. (some col) ; hbk ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.)
  • 071235803X (British Library : hbk.)
  • 9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.48/PAR
Contents:
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.
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
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Book The Emmaus Library 220 Bible general 220.48/PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10539

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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