A joint effort between institutions from various countries including the UK, Germany, Egypt and Russia has enabled 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible to be made available on the internet. The 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript written in Greek on parchment leaves has been described as "one of the world's greatest written treasures".
High resolution digitised images of pages from the manuscript are now available online, it is hoped that the availability to view them will allow for more research opportunities for scholars and students who would otherwise not have the chance.
Without the internet such a great research opportunity would not have been possible.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
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