The Vatican Codex (Codex Vaticanus) is a manuscript of the Old and New Testament and is one of the four Great Uncial Codices. It is the oldest copy of the Bible in existence and is in original Greek.

The Codex was discovered at the monastery in 1844 by the German biblical scholar and archaeologist Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-74), who brought sections of it back to Europe on three separate ...

The Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the fourth century and preserved in the Vatican Library. It represents a form of text current in Egypt in the second century. 2.

Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the ...

The news: The Vatican Library is getting an e-upgrade. ... Codex Borgianus dates back to the end of the 15th century. It's printed on deerskin and probably had ritual purposes.

The Vatican Virgil dates from the fourth century A.D. and is one of the earliest sources for the text of the Aeneid. In this illustration, ... A page from the Codex Vaticanus.

The stamp and postmark will be released by the Vatican's Publishing House on May 29, ... The postage stamp shows a sketch by Maria Carmela Perrini depicting the "Codex Vaticanus." ...

Ahead of the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has requested several manuscripts in the Vatican’s library.

The shelves of the Vatican Library house a large part of humanity’s literary legacy. They include more than 82,000 manuscripts and 1.6 million printed books ... the Codex exhibition opened May 26.

They are the Codex Vaticanus, which is held at the Vatican, and the Codex Sinaiticus, most of which is held at the British Library in London. "They're both fourth century," said Evans.

Claim: The Vatican houses the world's largest collection of pornography. Status: False. Origins: Although this rumor dates back hundreds of years, there's nothing to it. The Vatican museums have a ...