Codex Sinaiticus
Subtitle: the story of the world's oldest bible
By: D.C. Parker
Publisher: British Library; Hendrickson
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; Peabody, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780712358033; 9781598565768
Subjects: Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript); History
Description: 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
Notes: Photograph of codex on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Every book its destiny; title: The Christian book in the age of Constantine; title: Making a Bible in the year 350; title: Setting to work; title: The scribes and what they did; title: The correctors and what they did; title: The text of the Bible in Codex Sinaiticus; title: Beyond the scriptorium; title: 1844-1869; title: Beyond the monastery; title: Codex Sinaiticus comes to town; title: The virtual Codex Sinaiticus.