Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
The Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus designated by the siglum C or 04, δ 3, is a manuscript of the Greek Bible, written on parchment. It contains most of the New Testament and some Old Testament books, with sizeable portions missing. It is one of the four great uncials. The manuscript is not intact: its current condition contains material from every New Testament book except 2 Thessalonians and 2 John; however, only six books of the Greek Old Testament are represented. It is not known whether 2 Thessalonians and 2 John were excluded on purpose, or whether no fragment of either epistle happened to survive.
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Département des manuscrits, Grec 9, fol. 60r (rotated)
Matthew 1:2–18 in Tischendorf's facsimile edition
Matthew 26:52–69 in Tischendorf's facsimile edition (1843)
Tischendorf in 1841
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures to huge polyglot codices containing both the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the New Testament, as well as extracanonical works.
A page from the Aleppo Codex, Deuteronomy
Folio 41v from Codex Alexandrinus contains the Gospel of Luke with decorative tailpiece.
The beginning of the Gospel of Mark from the Book of Durrow
A page from the Sinope Gospels. The miniature at the bottom shows Jesus healing the blind.