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co·dex C0451600 (kō′dĕks′)n. pl. co·di·ces (kō′dĭ-sēz′, kŏd′ĭ-) A manuscript volume, especially of a classic work or of the Scriptures.
[Latin cōdex, cōdic-, tree trunk, wooden tablet, book, variant of caudex, trunk.]Word History: Cōdex is a variant of caudex, a wooden stump to which petty criminals were tied in ancient Rome, rather like our stocks. This was also the word for a book made of thin wooden strips coated with wax upon which one wrote. The usual modern sense of codex, "book formed of bound leaves of paper or parchment," is due to Christianity. By the first century bc there existed at Rome notebooks made of leaves of parchment, used for rough copy, first drafts, and notes. By the first century ad such manuals were used for commercial copies of classical literature. The Christians adopted this parchment manual format for the Scriptures used in their liturgy because a codex is easier to handle than a scroll and because one can write on both sides of a parchment but on only one side of a papyrus scroll. By the early second century all Scripture was reproduced in codex form. In traditional Christian iconography, therefore, the Hebrew prophets are represented holding scrolls and the Evangelists holding codices.codex (ˈkəʊdɛks) n, pl codices (ˈkəʊdɪˌsiːz; ˈkɒdɪ-) 1. (Library Science & Bibliography) a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text2. (Law) obsolete a legal code[C16: from Latin: tree trunk, wooden block, book]co•dex (ˈkoʊ dɛks)
n., pl. co•di•ces (ˈkoʊ dəˌsiz, ˈkɒd ə-) 1. a manuscript volume, usu. of an ancient classic or the Scriptures. 2. Archaic. a code; book of statutes. [1575–85; < Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); compare code] code, codex - Code, from Latin codex, meaning "block of wood split into tablets, document written on wood tablets," was first a set of laws.See also related terms for laws.Codex a collection of recipes for the preparation of drugs; a collection of the scriptures written down on parchment or papyrus in their earliest texts.Examples: codex of the law, 1622; of Christian precepts, 1659.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | codex - an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | | 2. | codex - an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)leaf-bookholograph, manuscript - handwritten book or document |
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codex Obsolete a legal code Codex a form of the book, consisting originally of sheets of parchment or papyrus, and since the late Middle Ages of paper, folded in half and sewn along the fold; groups of sheets were then fastened together on one side. The codex was first widely used in the eastern Roman provinces in the first centuries A.D., replacing tablets and scrolls, and about the sixth century A.D. it became the basic type of book. The adoption of the codex led to the development of binding and of the page and its decoration (page miniature, headpiece). Modern books retain the form of the codex. codex
Related to codex: Codex Alimentariuscodex a legal code. In particular a part of the CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS.CODEX. Literally, a volume or roll. It is particularly applied to the volume of the civil law, collected by the emperor Justinian, from all pleas and answers of the ancient lawyers, which were in loose scrolls or sheets of parchment. These he compiled into a book which goes by the name of Codex. CODEX
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Related to codex: Codex AlimentariusSynonyms for codexnoun an official list of chemicals or medicines etcRelated Wordsnoun an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)SynonymsRelated Words |