Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest Bible /
Parker, D. C.
Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest Bible / [print] by District of Columbia Parker. - London : British Library ; 2010. Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson, (c)2010. - xi, 195 pages, 16. pages of plates : illustrations (some col) ; 25 cm.
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.
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 9781598565768
2010537726
GBB096597 bnb
015624900 Uk
Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)--History.
BS64.P238.P375 2010 BS64
Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest Bible / [print] by District of Columbia Parker. - London : British Library ; 2010. Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson, (c)2010. - xi, 195 pages, 16. pages of plates : illustrations (some col) ; 25 cm.
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.
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 9781598565768
2010537726
GBB096597 bnb
015624900 Uk
Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)--History.
BS64.P238.P375 2010 BS64