Hypertext Webster Gateway: "codex"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Codex \Co"dex\, n.; pl. {Codices}. [L. See {Code}.]
1. A book; a manuscript.
2. A collection or digest of laws; a code. --Burrill.
3. An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any
part of them, particularly the New Testament.
4. A collection of canons. --Shipley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
codex
n 1: an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
2: an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic
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