Order Nr. 62655 THE CODEX SINAITICUS AND THE CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. H. I. Bell, A. Jefferies Collins.

THE CODEX SINAITICUS AND THE CODEX ALEXANDRINUS.

  • (Oxford): British Museum Trustees, (1963).
  • square 8vo.
  • stiff paper wrappers
  • 4 pages, seven plates
  • ISBN: none

Price: $20.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 62655

Reprint of the second edition. Issued to meet demand for another account of Codex Sinaiticus, discovered in 1844 by biblical scholar Constantine Tischendorf in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai. Includes information from studies done on manuscript since the Trustees' 1934 pamphletT he Mount Sinai Manuscript of the Bible. Adds account of Codex Alexandrinus, second great Biblical treasure of British Museum, and discusses importance of its contents. Contains seven plates, four depicting early Greek text in both codexes. Slightly soiled.