EXTRACT FROM THE CODEX SINAITICUS.—A portion of the Codex Sinaiticus, which tho British Museum trustees, with the approval of the Government, have agreed to purchase from the Soviet Government at a cost of £l00,000. It was formerlyin the possession of the Tsar of Russia, and is one of the oldest manuscripts of the Bible. It was found in 1844 in the Monastery of'St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and acquired in 1869 by the Tsar, who stored it for many years in the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg. It is written on thin vellum in four columns of forty-eight lines each to a page. Originally it contained the whole Bible, and the New Testament portion is still complete.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 16

EXTRACT FROM THE CODEX SINAITICUS.—A portion of the Codex Sinaiticus, which tho British Museum trustees, with the approval of the Government, have agreed to purchase from the Soviet Government at a cost of £l00,000. It was formerlyin the possession of the Tsar of Russia, and is one of the oldest manuscripts of the Bible. It was found in 1844 in the Monastery of'St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and acquired in 1869 by the Tsar, who stored it for many years in the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg. It is written on thin vellum in four columns of forty-eight lines each to a page. Originally it contained the whole Bible, and the New Testament portion is still complete.