Codex Alexandrinus

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5th-century manuscript Greek uncial manuscript New Testament manuscript Old Testament manuscript Septuagint manuscript biblical manuscript

Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
British Library MS Royal 1 D V–VIII 1
Codex A 1
Codex Alexandrinus (in the Gospels) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century manuscript ⓘ
Greek uncial manuscript ⓘ
New Testament manuscript ⓘ
Old Testament manuscript ⓘ
Septuagint manuscript ⓘ
biblical manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
surface form: Codex A

GA 02 ⓘ
Gregory–Aland numbering ⓘ
surface form: Gregory–Aland 02

Rahlfs 911 ⓘ
approximateDate c. 400–440 ⓘ
broughtToEnglandBy Cyril Lucar ⓘ
contains Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
surface form: Book of Psalms

Book of Revelation ⓘ
Catholic Epistles ⓘ
Deuterocanonical books ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

Pauline Epistles ⓘ
currentCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
currentCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
currentLocation British Library ⓘ
dateOfGiftToEngland 1627 ⓘ
dateOfOrigin 5th century ⓘ
formerLocation Library of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Patriarchal Library of Alexandria
hasFeature Eusebian canon tables (partly) ⓘ
chapter divisions ⓘ
marginal notes ⓘ
isOneOf earliest nearly complete Bibles ⓘ
four great uncial codices ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
material parchment ⓘ
namedAfter Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria
numberOfColumnsPerPage 2 (New Testament) ⓘ
2 (Old Testament) ⓘ
numberOfLinesPerColumn 49–51 ⓘ
originallyContained complete Bible in Greek ⓘ
originPlace Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
presentedTo Charles I of England ⓘ
surface form: King Charles I of England
probableOrigin Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria
scriptType uncial ⓘ
shelfMark Codex Alexandrinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Library MS Royal 1 D V–VIII
significance one of the oldest nearly complete manuscripts of the Bible in Greek ⓘ
textTypeNewTestament Alexandrian text-type (rest of New Testament) ⓘ
Byzantine text-type (Gospels) ⓘ
usedIn textual criticism of the Bible ⓘ
writingMedium ink ⓘ
writingSystem Greek ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex Alexandrinus → alsoKnownAs → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Codex A
Psalm 151 → foundIn → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Alexandrian text-type → includesWitness → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Byzantine text-type → notableManuscript → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Codex Alexandrinus (in the Gospels)
1 Esdras → preservedIn → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Septuagint → preservedIn → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Codex Sinaiticus → relatedWork → Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Codex Alexandrinus → shelfMark → Codex Alexandrinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Library MS Royal 1 D V–VIII