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020 _a9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.)
020 _a071235803X (British Library : hbk.)
020 _a9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn655678731
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082 0 0 _a220.48/PAR
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100 1 _aParker, D.C.
_q(David C.)
245 1 0 _aCodex Sinaiticus :
_bthe story of the world's oldest bible /
_cD.C. Parker.
260 _aLondon, UK :
_bBritish Library ;
_aPeabody, MA. :
_bHendrickson,
_cc2010.
300 _axi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates ;
_billus. (some col) ; hbk ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aPhotograph of codex on endpapers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 _aEvery 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.
520 _aThe 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
630 0 0 _aCodex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)
_xHistory.
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