codex

(redirected from codices)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Wikipedia.

codex

Obsolete a legal code
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Codex

 

a form of the book, consisting originally of sheets of parchment or papyrus, and since the late Middle Ages of paper, folded in half and sewn along the fold; groups of sheets were then fastened together on one side. The codex was first widely used in the eastern Roman provinces in the first centuries A.D., replacing tablets and scrolls, and about the sixth century A.D. it became the basic type of book. The adoption of the codex led to the development of binding and of the page and its decoration (page miniature, headpiece). Modern books retain the form of the codex.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
These surviving Maya codices were probably spared by Spanish authorities as special examples of New World culture to show Europeans, Houston says.
Maya codex real, analysis claims: Grolier text could claim spot as oldest book from Americas
In his A History of Two of Ben Asher's Codices, el Kodsi mentions that "the rightful owners"--the Karaites--were not consulted or even mentioned in the Chronicle story.
The mystery of the Cairo codex: on the trail of an ancient manuscript
Work on the codices in the Chester Beatty collection was first entrusted to the distinguished British Egyptologist, Sir Alan Gardiner, and then Sir Herbert Thompson.
Psaumes des errants: Ecrits manicheens du Fayyum
In the following chapters, Gumming launches into an exhaustive exploration of the repertory in Bologna Q15 and the Trent Codices. The compilers of Bologna Q15 have made her job a little easier by organizing it by genre, one of which is the motet.
The Motet in the Age of Du Fay & Tonal Structures in Early Music. (Reviews)
A good number of the codices in this edition have been published but the series is by no means complete.
Concordance des textes de Nag Hammadi: Le Codex VII

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?