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Hendrickson Publishers Codex Sinaiticus, Facsimile Edition
Hendrickson Publishers, in conjunction with the British Library, is now releasing a limited number of full color facsimiles of the preserved Codex Sinaiticus.
Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest known complete manuscript featuring the full canon of the Christian Bible in Greek. It was originally produced in the middle of the fourth Century (ca. 350A.D.) in the south-eastern Mediterranean. Originally Codex Sinaiticus was produced on parchment whose total number exceeded 730 leaves, approximately 1,460 pages. It contains the oldest complete New Testament and, at one time the entire Old Testament.
Sections of Genesis and other areas of the Pentateuch were damaged or lost over the centuries. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the Old Testament text remains and is now preserved in this facsimile edition. The importance of the 4th Century to Christian history cannot be overstated, and Codex Sinaiticus is our greatest witness to that era, especially because it reveals how Christians began to understand their canonical Scriptures.
Totaling 828 pages, the facsimile edition comes in hardback binding accompanied by a sturdy slip case that is designed to provide support the weight of the facsimiles pages (app. 25 lbs) and prevent them from tearing away from the back binding. It pages are thick, glossy and "life-size" pages (13.5'x16.5') well-suited for image reproduction. The Codex Sinaiticus facsimile edition also comes with a 32 page booklet that provides a brief outline of the provenance, history, and discovery of this significant piece of history.
Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest known complete manuscript featuring the full canon of the Christian Bible in Greek. It was originally produced in the middle of the fourth Century (ca. 350A.D.) in the south-eastern Mediterranean. Originally Codex Sinaiticus was produced on parchment whose total number exceeded 730 leaves, approximately 1,460 pages. It contains the oldest complete New Testament and, at one time the entire Old Testament.
Sections of Genesis and other areas of the Pentateuch were damaged or lost over the centuries. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the Old Testament text remains and is now preserved in this facsimile edition. The importance of the 4th Century to Christian history cannot be overstated, and Codex Sinaiticus is our greatest witness to that era, especially because it reveals how Christians began to understand their canonical Scriptures.
Totaling 828 pages, the facsimile edition comes in hardback binding accompanied by a sturdy slip case that is designed to provide support the weight of the facsimiles pages (app. 25 lbs) and prevent them from tearing away from the back binding. It pages are thick, glossy and "life-size" pages (13.5'x16.5') well-suited for image reproduction. The Codex Sinaiticus facsimile edition also comes with a 32 page booklet that provides a brief outline of the provenance, history, and discovery of this significant piece of history.
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Is there any color in the original codex? If so, is this a color facsimile?
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Yes to both. Most text in the original codex is a very dark brown, or black, but some key words and titles are in red.
This is correctly reproduced in this facsimile (I write without having seen the original "in the flesh").
This is correctly reproduced in this facsimile (I write without having seen the original "in the flesh").
answered 3 months, 1 week ago
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Yes. Some corrections are written in red ink. The parchment color shows on each page.
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Yes the codex facsimile is in full colour. The original scribes used black and red ink.
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Jacobus
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The Codex Sinaiticus facsimile edition is a high resolution color photo of every page of the manuscript
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David
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The Codex does come in full color and matches the color of the actual codex (as much as is possible) housed at the British library. Yes, it is a color facsimile.
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Are there any notes or translations in English in the volumne or companion volumne? Thank you.
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The accompanying booklet gives a brief history, which is followed by tables that indicate the content of each page, using standard Bible references. There is no translation included, but the text is transcribed on the Codex Sinaiticus website and a translation into English does appear there for some pages. However, I believe that the English "translation" is in fact taken from an English version of the Bible, so it would not be an actual translation of this text (not that there are likely to be many pages where the two would diverge).
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There is some info in the book Codex Sinainiticus -- Story of the Codex ww565775. No english in the Codex itself just greek notes and corrections. But! you won't care if you seen this Bible. Now I finally am getting more serious about learning Greek just to read this Bible.
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The book itself is entirely in Greek. Each page is a high resolution copy of the original parchment papers. The small pamphlet that comes with it does give a brief history of the Sianaticus, plus a guide to looking up scriptures. There are no spaces between words nor punctuation. Its written in Caps.
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miniscule or uncial {capitols or normal print}
Is print in uncial,all capitols or miniscule,normal print.
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This facsimile uses just a capitalized print.
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