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bible fragments reunite in digital space 
03.23.2005, 4:28 PM
Plans were recently announced for the digitization of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest existing Bible, which currently resides in four separate chunks in Egypt, Russia, Germany and Britain. Dating back to the mid-4th century, the Codex contains large portions in Greek of the Old Testament, and the complete New Testament, including several non-canonical epistles.
From article:
"The project encompasses four strands: conservation, digitisation, transcription and scholarly commentary to make the Codex available for a worldwide audience of all ages and levels of interest. There are plans for a range of projects including a free to view website, a high quality digital facsimile and CD Rom. It is intended that this project will be a model for future collaborations on other manuscripts."
Posted by ben vershbow at March 23, 2005 04:28 PM
tags: the_networked_book
