High definition images of the Codex be available online by the British Library
July 21, 2008
The Codex Sinaiticus, a complete transcription of Christian scriptures written by scribes around 350AD, is in Greek. Along with the Codex Vaticanus, it is believed to be the oldest known Bible version in the world.
High definition images of the Codex are going to be available online from July 24 to all as the first part of a web-based project initiated by the British Library. According to the British Library, the Codex is undoubtedly ‘a treasure beyond price’.
It adds: “The earliest surviving copy of the complete New Testament as well as the earliest and best copies of some of the Jewish scriptures is there within its beautifully handwritten Greek text.”
Within a year more pages will be added on to the Codex website. This will become possible as digitisers are able to scan more of its very intricately inscribed vellum sheets. St Catherine’s monastery in Sinai, Egypt holds the remainder of it.
Now, according to Leipzig’s library curator, Ulrich Johannes Schneider “67 from the British Library and well over 100 pages, those from Leipzig are going to be available online at www.codex-sinaiticus.net.”
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