Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest Bible / by District of Columbia Parker. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: London : British Library ; 2010.; Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson, (c)2010.Description: xi, 195 pages, 16. pages of plates : illustrations (some col) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780712358033
- 9781598565768
- BS64.P238.P375 2010
- BS64
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION | Non-fiction | BS64.S5P37 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001862404 |
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
Photograph of codex on endpapers.
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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