Codex Sinaiticus: Old Testament (Facsimile)

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The following facsimile A facsimile is an exact photographic copy or reproduction of a manuscript. of the Old Testament text of the Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus, written in the 4th century, is one of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the Greek Bible. is made from photographic negatives taken in Petrograd original: "Petrograd"; now Saint Petersburg, Russia. and in Leipzig by my wife and myself in the summer of 1913. In both of these libraries, we were greatly helped by the courtesy of the officials. In Petrograd, we were also assisted by the kindness of the manager of the Kodak Company, who placed his magnificent darkroom and laboratory at our disposal.

The introductory pages are largely the same as those added to the facsimile edition of the New Testament The New Testament volume of this facsimile series was published earlier, in 1911.. For those pages, I had the benefit of consulting Sir Frederic Kenyon and Sir George Warner at the British Museum, as well as Professor Hunt in Oxford. I am also deeply indebted to Professor Rahlfs of Göttingen for his forethought and kindness in drawing my attention to the manuscript fragments discovered by Professor Benešević. I would have otherwise overlooked these, and I am grateful to the Embassy of the United States, which succeeded in obtaining photographs of them in 1916.

Finally, on behalf of my wife and myself, I must again express a gratitude that I am sure will be shared by those who find this facsimile useful. We thank the Trustees of the Revision Surplus, the Hort Memorial, and the Hibbert Funds, as well as the Governing Body of Magdalen College, for the grants of money that made our two journeys to Petrograd and Leipzig possible. We also thank the authorities of the Imperial Library Now the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg. for their permission to photograph their famous Codex, and the Delegates of the Oxford University Press for undertaking this publication.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1921.