Codex Sinaiticus
A complete New Testament survives from the fourth century, and every correction later scribes made to it can be seen.
Nommé hors de la BibleManuscritmid-4th century AD
The oldest surviving complete New Testament, written on parchment in the mid-fourth century, with much of the Old Testament in Greek. Its pages carry thousands of corrections by later hands — the working life of a book that was read, checked and used for centuries.
The whole New Testament, complete, on 400-odd surviving leaves of parchment.
- Découvert
- St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, 1844 — Constantin von Tischendorf (further leaves 1859 and 1975)
- Conservé à
- British Library, London; Leipzig University Library; St Catherine's Monastery; National Library of Russia
- Langue
- Greek
- Comment il nous est parvenu
- Jamais enfoui — recopié à la main, génération après génération, jusqu'à l'imprimerie.
Ce qu'elle montre
It differs from later printed Bibles in real ways — most famously it ends Mark at 16:8 — and those differences are visible rather than hidden.
Ce qu'en font les historiens
One of the two most important New Testament manuscripts; fully digitised and publicly readable.
Dans l'Écriture
Sources
Ces textes sont pour l'instant en anglais. Les traductions suivront.