Codex Alexandrinus
Overview
A 5th century Greek Bible of the whole Old and New Testaments, brought from Alexandria to Constantinople and presented to King Charles I of England in 1627. One of the earliest complete Bibles to reach Western Europe, it remains a primary witness for the Greek text.
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