Parchment – Comparison with Other Manuscripts

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This page brings an image of Codex Sinaiticus together with images of six other manuscripts of antiquity for visual comparison of the parchment, and the quality of the text. While comparing the aging of the parchments, note the abundance of corrections in Sinaiticus beside the relative absence of corrections in the other manuscripts.

Click on any of the other manuscript names tabs to view images aolongside the sample page from Codex Sinaiticus (Q36 f4r – CFA)

Codex Sinaiticus / Codex Washingtonianus Compared

Codex Sinaiticus / Codex Vaticanus Compared

Codex Sinaiticus / 5th or 6th Century Manuscript Compared

Codex Sinaiticus / Codex Alexandrinus Compared

Codex Sinaiticus / Codex Claromontanus Compared

Codex Sinaiticus / Codex Bezae Compared

Sinaiticus.org is a collaborative effort of:

Steven Avery, Dutchess County, NY
David W. Daniels, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Mark Michie, Austin, Manitoba
W. R. Meyer, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK – Textual Researcher

Images used on this page have been obtained from the Codex Sinaiticus Project at www.codexsinaiticus.org in accordance with the non-commercial personal, and educational use provision in their copyright statement.

As of December 2016, many of the images as well as the Physical Description of the individual folia of Codex Sinaiticus are no longer available on the project website. We certainly hope that the images and data will be made available again soon.

We wish to recognize Chris Pinto of Adullam Films for the bold steps taken in production of Tares Among The Wheat, spurring interest in the many questions that surround Codex Sinaiticus.