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Definition of CODEX

Codex
Codex Co"dex, n.; pl. Codices. [L. See Code.] 1. A book; a manuscript. 2. A collection or digest of laws; a code. --Burrill. 3. An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament. 4. A collection of canons. --Shipley.

Meaning of CODEX from wikipedia

- The codex (pl.: codices /ˈkoʊdɪsiːz/) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of...
- The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum א‎ [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New...
- Look up codex or codices in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A codex is a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll...
- The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated m****cript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). Very...
- Center for Law and the Biosciences Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX) Fair Use Project Stanford Center in Law, Science, & Technology Stanford...
- Look up codex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Leningrad Codex (Latin: Codex Leningradensis [Leningrad Book]; Hebrew: כתב יד לנינגרד) is the oldest...
- The Codex Vatic**** (The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament m****cripts)...
- Maya codices (sg.: codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The...
- was proven that the Maya Codex of Mexico, previously known as the Grolier Codex, is, in fact, older by about a century. The codex was rediscovered in the...
- The Codex Seraphini****, originally published in 1981, is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by Italian artist, architect and...