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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : British Library ; Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson, c2010.Description: xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780712358033 (British Library : hbk.)
  • 071235803X (British Library : hbk.)
  • 9781598565768 (Hendrickson : hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.4/8 22
LOC classification:
  • BS64.S5 P37 2010
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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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 220.48 Par 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 15326

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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