codex
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊdɛks/
- Specialized
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- On display would be a newly discovered codex and seventy-one pots from museums and private collections.
- Florentine Codex
- Codex Borgia
- Dresden Codex
Stuff like Trajan's Column, the Bayou Tapestry, the various codices, pre Columbian picture manuscripts, all these things.
- Stuff like Trajan's Column, the Bayou Tapestry, the various codices, pre Columbian picture manuscripts, all these things.
- Why would there be a book by itself not part of a big bound codex that we call the Bible?
- And accordingly, along with this change to parchment is a change from the scroll to the codex.
- OK, one codex, the Dresden Codex, added context to every single Maya city that was ever created.
Examples
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This inscription was on the Codex.
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The da Vinci Codex is here in the Vatican.
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Why would there be a book by itself not part of a big bound codex that we call the Bible?
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It's a codex from 1548.
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As seen in this page from the Codex Mendoza Noble Orders.
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I am trying to decipher a text that accompanies the drawings on the Codex Mendoza.
Fiction book (2002) -
Written on fine parchment in a tidy, rustic capital script, the codex had hundreds of illustrations, some occupying an entire page.
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What happens when the Dresden Codex is examined to determine how the Maya fared in predicting eclipses?
Academic text (1992) -
The ancient codex revealed forgotten historical texts that fascinated the scholars.
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Researchers carefully studied the codex to better understand its unique illustrations.
Synonyms
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A handwritten book or an author's original text sent to publishers
A very old book made of loose pages rather than a scroll
Surface Forms
Etymology
Codex comes from an old Latin word caudex that meant 'tree trunk' or 'wood block', because early writing was often done on wooden tablets; imagine pages made from wood rather than a long scroll. That's why codex today means an ancient handwritten book or manuscript.