Codex Sinaiticus
Greek biblical manuscript
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete manuscripts of the Bible, dating to the fourth century.
Written in Greek on parchment, it contains most of the Old Testament and all of the New Testament, along with some early Christian texts.
The manuscript is named for Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, where it was discovered.
It remains a foundational text for biblical scholarship and translation.
Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- GospelsCanonical Christ biographies
- canonAccepted authoritative works
Acts · Matthew · Mark · Luke · John · Revelation · Genesis · Psalms
Years 301-400
- British LibraryUK's national literary archive
- LeipzigMajor Saxon metropolis
- discoveryAct of finding something
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
provenance · acquisition · controversy · repatriation · digitization · facsimile · exhibition · scholarship
Prepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- folioSingle-fold page format
- quireTwenty-four sheets
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
scribe · uncial · majuscule · paleography · binding · recto · verso · colophon
Differing form of something
- lacunaAbsent piece in sequence
- collationSystematic arrangement by rules
- recensionCritical textual revision
- critical editionAnnotated authoritative text version
interpolation · redaction · omission · correction · emendation · apparatus · transmission · transcription
Study of ancient inscriptions
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
research · authentication · dating · analysis · comparison · biblical studies · academia · publication
Septuagint
Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- GospelsCanonical Christ biographies
canon · Acts · Matthew · Mark · Luke · John · Revelation · Genesis · Psalms · Apocrypha
fourth century
Years 301-400
- British LibraryUK's national literary archive
- LeipzigMajor Saxon metropolis
- discoveryAct of finding something
antiquity · provenance · acquisition · controversy · repatriation · digitization · facsimile · exhibition · scholarship · Constantine
vellum
Prepared calfskin for writing
scriptorium · scribe · uncial · majuscule · paleography · binding · recto · verso · colophon · illumination
variant
Differing form of something
- lacunaAbsent piece in sequence
- collationSystematic arrangement by rules
- recensionCritical textual revision
critical edition · interpolation · redaction · omission · correction · emendation · apparatus · transmission · transcription · gloss
epigraphy
Study of ancient inscriptions
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
archaeology · research · authentication · dating · analysis · comparison · biblical studies · academia · publication · critical apparatus
- Historic ManuscriptsLindisfarne Gospels, Magna Carta, Domesday Book, Book of Kells, Gutenberg Bible
- sacred textsBible, Vedas, Quran, Upanishads, Torah
- scripturesBible, Vedas, Quran, Torah, Torah scroll
- ancient manuscriptsDead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, papyrus, parchment scrolls, papyri
- biblical manuscriptsDead Sea Scrolls, biblical manuscripts, papyri, Torah scrolls, Lindisfarne Gospels
- manuscriptsfolio, folios, papyri, palimpsest, illuminated manuscript
Codex Sinaiticusforgery
Creating fraudulent imitations
pseudepigrapha · hoax · fake · fabrication