Sinaitic
Britishadjective
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of or relating to the Sinai Peninsula
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of or relating to Mount Sinai
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On examination this writing revealed affinities with Sinaitic scripts discovered near Mt.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1863 Dr. Tischendorf published, at the cost of the Russian Emperor, a splendid but very costly edition of his Sinaitic MS. in columns, with a Latin introduction.
From When Were Our Gospels Written? by Charles Bradlaugh
B. C. to 1458 B. C. PLACES.—Egypt and Sinaitic Peninsula, then east of the Jordan valley.
From Training the Teacher by A. F. Schauffler
For example, the Sinaitic codex of the Bible which dates from the 4th century has four columns to the page.
From Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
The two great manuscripts of the fourth century, the Vatican and Sinaitic codices, omit the words “in Ephesus.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
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