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a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll
an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients
an early manuscript book
(English) A manuscript book, either hand written or painted (plural form: codices) Typically a codex has pages bound along the left edge, much like a modern book; but the word also refers to indigenous manuscripts that were folded rather than bound
A manuscript volume
a manuscript in traditional book form (not scrolls) produced by first century soul winners to facilitate their gospel outreach
an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
This is a collection of canons or a manuscript in leaf form, distinguished from scrolls
Ancient book Maya books were composed in a fan-fold manner with paper coated with lime They were hand painted
A manuscript book of an ancient biblical text, first used by Christians to replace the unwieldy scrolls on which the Scriptures were first recorded
A bound book, in contrast to a roll or scroll
an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) an official list of chemicals or medicines etc
3 'In medicine, a collection of receipts for the preparation of drugs' (Syd Soc Lex ); spec the French Pharmacopœia
An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament
The ancient precursor to the book In contrast to a rolled-up scroll, the codex was a series of leaves bound at the spine in a manner that resembles the pages of a book At an early period, Christians abandoned the scroll in favor of the codex Scholars are in disagreement about when this change took place
Folded pages gathered and sewn together, to produce what is now known as a book
The codex is the each warrior's personal record It includes the names of the original Bloodnamed warriors from which a warrior is descended It also records background information such as the warrior's generation number, Blood House, and codex ID, an alphanumeric code noting the unique aspects of that person's DNA The codex also contains a record of the warrior's military career
A collection of canons
a manuscript volume, esp of a classical work or of the Scriptures
originally the trunk of a tree, then a wooden tablet, and finally a book; the common form of book in the Western world after ca 350 AD, with pages, gatherings, and a binding
A manuscript book, its text hand-written on a number of separate pages It cannot be mechanically printed nor can it be written on a rolled scroll
sheets bound together forming a book See Scroll
A book; a manuscript
Latin - 'Book'
A codex is an ancient type of book which was written by hand, not printed. codices an ancient book written by hand. Manuscript book, especially of Scripture, early literature, or ancient mythological or historical annals. The earliest type of manuscript in the form of a modern book (i.e., a collection of pages stitched together along one side), the codex replaced earlier rolls of papyrus and wax tablets. Among its advantages, it could be opened at once to any point in the text, it permitted writing on both sides of the leaf, and it could contain long texts. The oldest extant Greek codex is the Codex Sinaiticus (4th century AD), a biblical manuscript. Codices were developed separately by pre-Columbian Mesoamericans after AD 1000. Dresden Codex Codex Dresdensis Maya Codices
an early book form made from papyri leaves cut, folded, and sewn together in the middle to make a book First used in the 2nd century
Form of the book composed of collected sheets of writing material (usually parchment, paper, or papyrus) folded double to form bifolia which are then gathered into quires sewn together through the centre fold which are themselves then assembled into sequential order and usually provided with a protective cover A codex may consist of a single quire or many, and contain one or many individual manuscripts
A collection or digest of laws; a code
A bound book made up of folded leaves or pages Codices gradually replaced scrolls as the medium for written transmission of the Bible and other ancient texts
an official list of chemicals or medicines etc
{i} collection of pages sewn together (earliest form of the book); manuscript of ancient holy writing
pl codices; A manuscript that is sewn together in the form of a book, with a spine and often a cover The codex form replaced the scroll as the most common form of manuscript in the Early Christian period
Originating on the first century, the codex (from caudex, the Latin word for the tree bark) is a book composed of folded sheets sewn along one edge, distinct from other writing vehicles such as the roll or tablet
A volume of ancient manuscript
Short for Codes Exchange, a telecommunications Codex specifies how different binary values sent across the telephone network are translated to and from specific sample voltages See Codec
The Codex is each warrior's personal record It includes the names of the original Bloodnamed warriors from which a warrior is descended It also records background information such as a warrior's generation number, Blood House, and Codex ID, an alphanumeric code noting the unique aspects of that person's DNA The Codex also contains a record of the warrior's military career
British Pharmaceutical Codex
the BPC - a book of reference, published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, intended to aid those engaged in the prescribing and dispensing of medicines. It had a companion volume, the British Pharmacopoeia
Dresden Codex
Latin Codex Dresdensis One of the few pre-Columbian Maya codices to survive book burnings by Spanish clergy. It contains exceptionally accurate astronomical calculations, including eclipse-prediction tables and the synodic period of Venus. The reputation of the Maya as astronomers is based largely on these figures
behavior codex
accepted formal code of conduct
codices
Codices is the plural of codex
codex

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    co·dex

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    Etymology

    [ 'kO-"deks ] (noun.) 1670. From Latin cōdex, variant spelling of caudex (“tree trunk”, “book”, “notebook”); compare caudex (in botany).
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