Sixtineadj.
/ˈsɪkstɪn/ Of or pertaining to the pope Sixtus V (1585–1590), or to the edition of the Vulgate published by him in 1590. More rarely used as a variant of Sistine adj. and n., the special epithet of the chapel and bridge built by Sixtus IV (1471–1484).
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Sixtine1843
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 465/2 The true Sixtine Vulgate is now of excessive rarity.
1845 in Kitto Cycl. Bibl. Lit. (1849) II. 924/1 The Sixtine and Clementine Bibles.
1863 B. F. Westcott in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1707/2 The critical value of the Sixtine readings.
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