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codex

noun C1
1

el yazması, kitap

a bound manuscript or book, especially an ancient one, often containing legal or religious texts

The museum displayed a rare medieval codex for the first time.

  • Researchers believe the codex contains previously unknown astronomical observations.
  • During the excavation, archaeologists uncovered a sealed codex wrapped in cloth.
  • The codex was written in a script that only a few experts can read today.
  • Digitizing the codex allows scholars worldwide to study its contents without handling the original.
  • ancient codex · antik el yazması Scholars spent months deciphering the ancient codex discovered in the monastery.
  • legal codex · hukuki el yazması The legal codex of the empire outlined all civil and criminal procedures.
  • preserve a codex Conservators use special climate control to preserve the fragile codex.

sb: somebody · sth: something

similar: manuscriptbook

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