Codex Sinaiticus: Old Testament (Facsimile) (1921) - Page 1

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THE SINAI MANUSCRIPT

original Latin: "CODEX SINAITICVS"

THE PETROGRAD PORTION

original Latin: "PETROPOLITANVS", referring to the fragments held in Petrograd (St. Petersburg)

AND

THE FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS PORTION OF LEIPZIG

original Latin: "FRIDERICO-AVGVSTANVS LIPSIENSIS", named in honor of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony

THE

OLD TESTAMENT

PRESERVED IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF PETROGRAD,

Now the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg

IN THE LIBRARY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANCIENT LITERATURE IN PETROGRAD,

AND IN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG

NOW REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY

HELEN AND KIRSOPP LAKE

WITH A DESCRIPTION

AND INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE CODEX BY

term: A "codex" is an ancient manuscript in book form rather than a scroll.

KIRSOPP LAKE

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1922

original Roman numerals: "M DCCCC XXII"