Codex Sinaiticus

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4th-century manuscript Greek uncial manuscript New Testament manuscript Old Testament manuscript biblical manuscript

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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century manuscript → Greek uncial manuscript → New Testament manuscript → Old Testament manuscript → biblical manuscript →
approximateDate	circa 330–360 CE →
catalogCode	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 → Old Testament → Pauline Epistles → Septuagint → Shepherd of Hermas →
currentLocation	British Library, London → Leipzig University Library → National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg → Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai →
dateOfOrigin	4th century →
digitizationCompleted	2009 →
digitizedBy	Codex Sinaiticus Project →
discoveredAt	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 website →
placeOfOrigin	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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1 Esdras → Septuagint →	preservedIn
Codex Sinaiticus ("Gregory-Aland 01") →	catalogCode
Codex Sinaiticus ("Codex Sinaiticus Project") →	digitizedBy
Psalm 151 →	foundIn
British Library ("Codex Sinaiticus (major portion)") →	hasCollection
Alexandrian text-type →	includesWitness