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Codex Alexandrinus

British Library, London (from Alexandria & Constantinople)c. 400–440 CE
"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle…" — Alexandrinus preserves one of the earliest complete copies of the Pauline epistles.

A fifth-century Greek Bible of the Septuagint and the New Testament, long associated with the Patriarchate of Alexandria. Presented to King Charles I of England in 1627, it has been a prized holding of the British Library and a primary witness to the Orthodox biblical text.

CONTENTS & SIGNIFICANCE

  • A Patriarchal Biblec. 400–440 CE

    Believed copied in Alexandria and associated with the Greek Orthodox patriarchate for centuries.

  • The expanded Old Testamentc. 400–440 CE

    Includes 1–4 Maccabees and the Psalms of Solomon among its Old Testament books.

  • Journey to England1627 CE

    Given to Charles I by Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Constantinople, in 1627.

  • Held today by

    The British Library, London.

Source citation: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-001614686