Codex Sinaiticus

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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century manuscript
Greek uncial manuscript
New Testament manuscript
Old Testament manuscript
biblical manuscript
approximateDate circa 330–360 CE
catalogCode Codex Sinaiticus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gregory-Aland 01

Hebrew letter א (Aleph)
contains Acts of the Apostles
Book of Isaiah
Book of Revelation
Catholic Epistles
Epistle of Barnabas
Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Pauline Epistles
Septuagint
Shepherd of Hermas
currentLocation British Library
surface form: British Library, London

Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
surface form: Leipzig University Library

National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
Saint Catherine’s Monastery
surface form: Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
dateOfOrigin 4th century
digitizationCompleted 2009
digitizedBy Codex Sinaiticus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Codex Sinaiticus Project
discoveredAt Saint Catherine’s Monastery
surface form: Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
discoveredBy Constantin von Tischendorf
discoveryDate 19th century
hasCorrectionsBy later correctors over several centuries
language Koine Greek
material parchment
numberOfColumnsPerPage 4
omits longer ending of Mark (Mark 16:9–20) as later addition
onlineAccess British Library
surface form: British Library website
placeOfOrigin Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: Eastern Mediterranean region
producedBy multiple scribes
relatedWork Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Vaticanus
scriptType uncial script
significance key witness to the text of the New Testament
key witness to the text of the Septuagint
one of the oldest surviving complete manuscripts of the Christian Bible
textType Alexandrian text-type
writingSupport vellum
writingSystem Greek

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Codex Sinaiticus catalogCode Codex Sinaiticus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gregory-Aland 01
Codex Sinaiticus digitizedBy Codex Sinaiticus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Codex Sinaiticus Project
Psalm 151 foundIn Codex Sinaiticus
British Library hasCollection Codex Sinaiticus
this entity surface form: Codex Sinaiticus (major portion)
Alexandrian text-type includesWitness Codex Sinaiticus
1 Esdras preservedIn Codex Sinaiticus
Septuagint preservedIn Codex Sinaiticus