codex
a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
a manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.
Archaic. a code; book of statutes.
Origin of codex
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A 50-page codex of colorful, complex pictograms that dates to the early 16th century includes the most complete — and one of the oldest — written chronologies of early earthquakes in the Americas.
This pictogram is one of the oldest known accounts of earthquakes in the Americas | Carolyn Gramling | September 7, 2021 | Science NewsOther codices may contain more clues, the researchers say, which could help create a more complete chronology of the quakes that shook this ancient world.
This pictogram is one of the oldest known accounts of earthquakes in the Americas | Carolyn Gramling | September 7, 2021 | Science NewsThe codex worked a revolution in human communication, and the human understanding of the text was never the same.
Absent the codex, ideas would still be the province of a privileged priesthood.
The Madrid Library possesses a codex written in the latter part of the 15th century, containing the seventeen books.
This is the principal codex existing in the Imperial Library, and was written in the 12th century.
This codex contains the first nine books; the second part, containing the last eight, is lost.
This pyramid was completed in 1467, but, according to the codex Chimalpopoca, fell as soon as finished.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftA second edition of the codex juris, “revised and improved, with large additions by the author,” was published at Oxford in 1761.
British Dictionary definitions for codex
/ (ˈkəʊdɛks) /
a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text
obsolete a legal code
Origin of codex
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