Codex Sinaiticus :
Parker, D.C.
Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest bible / D.C. Parker. - London, UK : Peabody, MA. : British Library ; Hendrickson, c2010. - xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates ; illus. (some col) ; hbk ; 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
9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.) 071235803X (British Library : hbk.) 9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)
2010537726
GBB096597 bnb
015624900 Uk
Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)--History.
220.48/PAR
Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest bible / D.C. Parker. - London, UK : Peabody, MA. : British Library ; Hendrickson, c2010. - xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates ; illus. (some col) ; hbk ; 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
9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.) 071235803X (British Library : hbk.) 9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)
2010537726
GBB096597 bnb
015624900 Uk
Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)--History.
220.48/PAR
