Ancient Bible, published in digital format

The earliest edition of the New Testament, dating from the fourth century version will be retrieved online after fragments stored in museums in many countries of the world, announces FoxNews.

The initiative belongs to the British Library so, try bringing in a single volume the Codex Sinaiticus text named after its fragments, found in Germany, Russia, Britain and Egypt will be restored digitally.

"Extremely few people have had the opportunity to see more than a few pages of the Codex. Its publication on the internet will give anyone access to this unique treasure, "said Scot McKendrick, one of the initiators of the project.

Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in the nineteenth century, the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai by German theologian Constantine Tischendorf. The manuscript mysteriously disappeared shortly after the discovery, to be found in Russia over a few years. British Library was able to peruse 347 pages, in exchange for a large sum of money from Soviet authorities in 1933. A further 34 pages have reached the University of Leipzig, Germany, while six fragments are still in the National Library Russia. In 1975, Egyptian priests said they had managed to hide 12 more pages and 40 fragments of text in the monastery of St. Catherine.

The full text will be published by July 2009 and will be available free, along with translations, transcripts and explanations of theologians and linguists worldwide.





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Discovery extremely valuable in a Mexican codex older than 550 years - PHOTO

A page from the Codex subject to analysis (Photo: livescience.com)

Codex dates from the middle of the sixteenth century.

One of the rarest manuscripts in the world was discovered while scientists were studying a Mexican extremely valuable document,,, Codex Selden. "This is just one of the few illustrated books that survived the Spanish conquest of Central and South America .

Using hyperspectral imaging technique, scientists have discovered under a layer of paint, many images that supposedly predate the arrival of the first ConQUIZtador on American soil. Codex where images were found was dated around 1560 and is among the 20 such documents made before and immediately after the Spanish colonization.

Image during investigations by the manuscript (Photo: bodleian.ox.ac.uk)

At present, the manuscript is kept at Oxford University. Researchers here with colleagues from the universities of Leiden and Delft, and now studying the document and argue that it is unique because it might help to unravel the mysteries of extremely important sites in southern Mexico.

During the analysis document, the scientists found similar characters with kings and royal advisers identified so far in Mixtec manuscripts population. The particularity of the new manuscript is that it depicts not only men but also women. In this regard, the text are shown images of warriors, but also of women very ornate.

Complete results obtained by British scientists published in the journal Archaeological Science: Reports.


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