A mid-4th-century parchment codex that contains the entire New Testament plus much of the Old Testament Septuagint and two early Christian texts (the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas). Discovered by Constantin von Tischendorf at St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai across visits between 1844 and 1859. Contains roughly 800,000 Greek letters carefully copied by three scribes.
Why this matters
The earliest complete New Testament in existence, preserving every book Christians have used for two millennia. Its text is the foundation of every modern critical edition of the Greek New Testament.
Scripture references
MatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomansRevelation
Location
British Library, London