Talk:Codex
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I *think* that the word 'code' to refer to a law code indeed comes from the late antique and early Byzantine codifications of earlier legal works, culminating in the Justinianic Code in the 7th century. These were, in the fashion of the time, in codices rather than scrolls, and the nomenclature was transferred to the contents from the objects.
I think a codex is any book with pages, as opposed to a scroll, not necessarily hand-written. -- Marj Tiefert, Saturday, April 6, 2002
I agree with Marj , also , it would be good idea to check the ethyomology of 'codex' since 'liber' is the direct traduction of book in latin language . Library comes from this word, and in spanish libro (meaning book) . --200.61.10.20 16:19, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC) Manuel
- In Latin, codex originally meant the trunk of a tree, and from that, a wooden writing table -- as usual, etymology isn't particularly helpful for settling an issue of modern usage. In common academic use, codicology is the study of paginated manuscripts, while bibliography is the study of printed books. --Dpm64 12:36, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- My understanding of codicology is that it is the the study of the structure of a codex (i.e. how its sewn, how the covers are attached, etc.). This is done with manuscripts more than printed book because there is not a great deal of useful information to be gleaned from studying the structure of a mass produced item. It is also my understanding that a codex is any book bound on one side with separate leaves, be it a manuscript or printed book. Dsmdgold 12:37, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
List of Codices with individual entries
Is the list, "some codices" really useful here? This list contain some of the codices that happen to have "Codex" in their name giving the false impression that other manuscripts like the Book of Kells are not codices. In reality almost every item catagorized on wikipedia as a "manuscript" or "illuminated manuscript" is a codex. Dsmdgold 12:42, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Good point: I made some additions precisely that way, using the Index; the Book of Kells certainly belongs in the list: I'll add it now. But, among all the really trivial lists at Wikipedia, doesn't some version of this very selective list of Codices with individual entries belong somewhere, with redirects from here and from Manuscript etc? Perhaps New Testament codex is a better title? I'm scratching my head here... --Wetman 15:37, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)