Codex Sinaiticus
E19792
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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Sinaiticus (major portion) | 1 |
| Codex Sinaiticus Project | 1 |
| Gregory-Aland 01 | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century manuscript
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Greek uncial manuscript ⓘ New Testament manuscript ⓘ Old Testament manuscript ⓘ biblical manuscript ⓘ |
| approximateDate | circa 330–360 CE ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
Codex Sinaiticus
self-linksurface differs
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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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gregory-Aland 01
this entity surface form:
Codex Sinaiticus Project
this entity surface form:
Codex Sinaiticus (major portion)