Today marks the end and beginning of a four year project that has launched Codex Sinaticus into the digital age.
The Sinaticus website reports that “Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript – the oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity – is of supreme importance for the history of the book.”
As on who has a particular interest in the New Testament this is as exciting as the original discovery of Sinaticus. Bruce Metzger in his Text of the New Testament, recounts the story of how Dr Constatin von Tischendorf found and rescued the codex from a monk who was using the it to stoke the monastery fires.
“The Codex Sinaiticus Project is an international collaboration to reunite the entire manuscript in digital form and make it accessible to a global audience for the first time. Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars, conservators and curators, the Project gives everyone the opportunity to connect directly with this famous manuscript.”
My thanks go to Donna Radley for drawing my attention to today’s launch.
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