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Codex Sinaiticus
URL: http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/en/

Description:
Website for a project to digitize and transcribe the Codex Sinaiticus, "a manuscript of the Christian Bible written in the middle of the fourth century, [containing] the earliest complete copy of the Christian New Testament" and the Old Testament "that was adopted by early Greek-speaking Christians." The complete text is scheduled to be available in 2009. From a consortium of libraries.

Publisher:
Project Sinaiticus

Extra Keywords
Septuagint British Library, Leipzig University Library, St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg

LII Database Information:
Record 26818 created by Barbara Bibel on 09/01/2008
Last modification on 09/11/2008
Published: 09/11/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26818