Codex Sinaiticus
The only complete New Testament among the early Greek manuscripts, written in four columns to a page in the 4th century. Konstantin von Tischendorf found it at St Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai: 43 leaves in 1844, and most of the rest in 1859, which went to the Tsar in St Petersburg. The Soviet government sold them to the British Museum in 1933. More correctors worked on it than on any other manuscript, from the time it was made to the 12th century; cited here as the first scribe wrote it.
Contents
Much of the Greek Old Testament, the whole New Testament, the Epistle of Barnabas, and part of the Shepherd of Hermas.
Where It Is Kept
British Library, London (Add. 43725), with leaves in Leipzig, at St Catherine’s Monastery, and in St Petersburg.
Cited For
- Luke 23:17 “For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast”
Majuscules (or uncials) are written in capital letters, usually on parchment, from the 4th century to the 10th. Each has a number beginning with 0, and the best known also a letter: A 02, B 03.
