Codex Sinaiticus

The Codex Sinaiticus, or "Sinai Bible", is one of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of a Christian Bible in Greek. The codex is an historical treasure. The codex is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written in uncial letters on parchment and dated paleographically to the mid-4th century.

Codex Sinaiticus Media

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  Sinaiticustext

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  Luke 11:2 in Codex Sinaiticus

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  A portion of Codex Sinaiticus, containing Esther

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  John 7:52–8:12 without the pericope 7:53–8:11 in Sinaiticus

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  Page of the codex with text of Matthew 6:4–32

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  Additional phrase to John 21:6 on the margin – οι δε ειπον δι οληϲ τηϲ νυκτοϲ εκοπιαϲαμεν και ουδεν ελαβομεν επι δε τω ϲω ρηματι βαλουμεν

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  Page from facsimile edition (1862); 1 Chr 9:27–10:11

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  In the sixth or seventh century, the codex may have been housed at Caesarea

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  Tischendorf in 1870

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  The codex was presented to Alexander II of Russia