The modern history of the Codex beginning with its 1844 "rediscovery" is pretty interesting too. It looks a bit like the Elgin Marbles story, only messier. Even

The modern history of the Codex beginning with its 1844 "rediscovery" is pretty interesting too. It looks a bit like the Elgin Marbles story, only messier. Even the official website mentions that the Monastery of St. Catherine had "some initial hesitations" about participating in the scanning project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus#Discovery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus#Discovery http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/codex/history.aspx http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/codex/history.aspx