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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Codex Alexandrinus
		Codex A was the first of the great uncials to become known to the learned world.
		Codex A supports the Sixtine Vulgate in regard to the conclusion of St. Mark and John 5:4, but, like all Greek manuscripts before the fourteenth century, omits the text of the three heavenly witnesses, I John 5:7.
		The handwriting is generally judged to belong to the beginning or middle of the fifth century or possibly to the late fourth.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04080c.htm (1160 words)

	Codex Alexandrinus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Codex Alexandrinus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A photographic reproduction of the whole codex was published by the British Museum 1879–83.
		Codex Committee on Nutrition and Food for Special Dietary Uses
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Codex+Alexandrinus (242 words)

	The Great Uncials
		Codex Alexandrinus (A) – This codex was the first of the so-called "great uncials" to become known to western paleographers.
		The codex came to the knowledge of the western world when Cyril Lucar, the Patriarch of the Greek Catholic (Greek Orthodox) Church in Alexandria was transferred in 1621 AD to become the new Patriarch of Constantinople.
		Codex Sinaiticus a (a or ALEPH) – This codex (also mid-4th century) was discovered by Tischendorf at St. Catharine's Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai on his third visit there in 1859.
	www.hissheep.org /kjv/the_great_uncials.html (4708 words)

	New Testament Manuscripts - ReligionFacts
		Codex Vaticanus (B), the earliest of the great parchment manuscripts at about 300 AD, has resided in the Vatican since the middle ages and remains there today.
		Codex Alexandrinus (A), dating to circa 450 AD, was transferred from the Christian library in Alexandria to the British Library in the seventeenth century, where it still resides today.
		H.J.M. Milne and T.C. Skeat, Scribes and Correctors of the Codex Sinaiticus (1938).
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/features/new_testament_manuscripts.htm (1751 words)

	Codex Alexandrinus: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The new testament, sometimes called the greek testament or greek scriptures is the name given to the part of the christian bible that was written after...
		Sections within the book are marked by a larger letter set into the margin.
		Vellum (from the latin for "wool" or "pelt") is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, usually made from calf skin....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/codex_alexandrinus.htm (1064 words)

	The Great? Uncials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		— This codex was the first of the so-called "great uncials" to become known to western paleographers.
		Maunde Thompson and Kenyon" and, "the greater part of Volume III (last volume of the Old Testament) is ascribed by Gregory to a different hand from that of the others." (The Catholic Encyclopedia online; Codex Alexandrinus).
		— This codex (also mid-4th century) was discovered by Tischendorf at St. Catharine's Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai on his third visit there in 1859.
	www.logosresourcepages.org /Versions/uncials.htm (4970 words)

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