Definition of Codices

1. Noun. (plural of codex) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Codices

1. codex [n] - See also: codex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codices

codfish
codfish ball
codfish cake
codfish vertebrae
codfishes
codge
codged
codger
codgerly
codgers
codges
codging
codhead
codheads
codical
codices (current term)
codicil
codicillary
codicils
codicological
codicologies
codicologist
codicologists
codicology
codifferentiation
codifiabilities
codifiability
codification
codifications
codified

Literary usage of Codices

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"Thus tin-re are in ENGLAND, codices Britannici or Londinenses (British Museum), ... Hence Florentine codices are styled variously, Florentini, ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"A further result of this comparison shows that the three codices go back upon a common exemplar. This conclusion is not vitiated by the difference« which ..."

3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1904)
"D. The codices which are so common among the tribes of the Southwest, have been studied with great care for a number of years, and many things which were ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Under Sixtus the collection grew to 2527 codices, of which 770 were Greek and ... Besides other acquisitions, Alexander VI secured forty Bobbio codices from ..."

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