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词汇 codex
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Definition of codex in English:

codex

nounPlural codexes, Plural codices ˈkəʊdɛksˈkoʊˌdɛks
  • 1An ancient manuscript text in book form.

    古籍手抄本

    in names the great legal compilation known as the Codex Euricianus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like a medieval codex, the book seems laced with charms and spells, to seduce the innocent and repel the hostile.
    • She peppers her recipes with citations from the ancient Aztec codices.
    • The only known surviving copy of the gospel was found in a codex, or ancient book, that dates back to the third or fourth century A.D.
    • In AD 180 he may have known examples of the four gospels bound together in one codex.
    • The modern book descends from the codex, not the scroll, and it inherits and develops the advantages of the form.
    • Psychomachia, an allegorical poem, is illustrated throughout, as is the case in many other codices presenting this text.
    • Three codices survived the vandalism of Bishop Landa and these three burned around the edges.
    • He suggests that they indicate that the stone vessel may have originally contained a Maya codex, or ancient book.
    • She holds a scroll, he a codex, on both of which the writing is clearly legible.
    • Through the Vatican codex the text sets up an expectation that is then fulfilled in the images.
    • Linguistic or numerical listing was employed and the storage media were clay tablets, papyrus codices, leather scrolls or hieroglyphics.
    • For centuries before the codex became the normal form for the book, texts had been recorded on papyrus sheets glued together to form long rolls.
    • The novelist incorrectly refers to the Nag Hammadi documents as scrolls; they are actually codices.
    • The Sierra codex was a document written by the master historian and master of deception, Crassus Syra, a runaway from home disguised as a man.
    • One example is this twelfth-century illumination from another Greek codex of the book of Job.
    • The later development of the codex (roughly corresponding to our present book format) made for greater ease of reference and portability.
    • Whether codex or manuscript, they were here to love real books and real words.
    • These studies and sketches were collected into various codices and manuscripts, which are now collected by museums and individuals.
    • The original codex permitted digestible chunks of text to be presented on physical pages, but the electronic text is in essence pageless.
    • For a more informed assessment of Italian culture in the early Middle Ages we can now turn to the collections of ancient Latin codices in the libraries of the period.
  • 2An official list of medicines, chemicals, etc.

    药典

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A significant group of Frankish legal codices reflects the activity of a small group of scribes presided over by the cancellarius and associated with the royal court.
    • This codex and similar specifications helped in identifying environmentally friendly as well as harmful chemicals.
    • ‘Let your memory be your codex,’ writes Augustine.
    • Neither the philosophical content of the 12th century book nor the religious content of the law codex stimulated the creation of such a decoration program.
    • The chief judicial authorities must be clergy with advanced training in the codices of Islamic law.
    • In the case of the Vatican codex, its visual and verbal articulations function as a political tool that masks fracture as much as it creates cohesion.
    • The Vatican codex, however, is of an altogether different genre.
    • Nahuatl terms written in alphabetical characters accompany the multitude of indigenous persons, places, and things listed and depicted in the codex.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a collection of statutes): from Latin, literally 'block of wood', later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book.

Definition of codex in US English:

codex

nounˈkoʊˌdɛksˈkōˌdeks
  • 1An ancient manuscript text in book form.

    古籍手抄本

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Linguistic or numerical listing was employed and the storage media were clay tablets, papyrus codices, leather scrolls or hieroglyphics.
    • The original codex permitted digestible chunks of text to be presented on physical pages, but the electronic text is in essence pageless.
    • For a more informed assessment of Italian culture in the early Middle Ages we can now turn to the collections of ancient Latin codices in the libraries of the period.
    • For centuries before the codex became the normal form for the book, texts had been recorded on papyrus sheets glued together to form long rolls.
    • One example is this twelfth-century illumination from another Greek codex of the book of Job.
    • The Sierra codex was a document written by the master historian and master of deception, Crassus Syra, a runaway from home disguised as a man.
    • The later development of the codex (roughly corresponding to our present book format) made for greater ease of reference and portability.
    • The only known surviving copy of the gospel was found in a codex, or ancient book, that dates back to the third or fourth century A.D.
    • Whether codex or manuscript, they were here to love real books and real words.
    • The novelist incorrectly refers to the Nag Hammadi documents as scrolls; they are actually codices.
    • He suggests that they indicate that the stone vessel may have originally contained a Maya codex, or ancient book.
    • She holds a scroll, he a codex, on both of which the writing is clearly legible.
    • Like a medieval codex, the book seems laced with charms and spells, to seduce the innocent and repel the hostile.
    • Psychomachia, an allegorical poem, is illustrated throughout, as is the case in many other codices presenting this text.
    • Three codices survived the vandalism of Bishop Landa and these three burned around the edges.
    • The modern book descends from the codex, not the scroll, and it inherits and develops the advantages of the form.
    • These studies and sketches were collected into various codices and manuscripts, which are now collected by museums and individuals.
    • She peppers her recipes with citations from the ancient Aztec codices.
    • In AD 180 he may have known examples of the four gospels bound together in one codex.
    • Through the Vatican codex the text sets up an expectation that is then fulfilled in the images.
    1. 1.1 An official list of medicines, chemicals, etc.
      药典
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the case of the Vatican codex, its visual and verbal articulations function as a political tool that masks fracture as much as it creates cohesion.
      • This codex and similar specifications helped in identifying environmentally friendly as well as harmful chemicals.
      • A significant group of Frankish legal codices reflects the activity of a small group of scribes presided over by the cancellarius and associated with the royal court.
      • ‘Let your memory be your codex,’ writes Augustine.
      • The chief judicial authorities must be clergy with advanced training in the codices of Islamic law.
      • Neither the philosophical content of the 12th century book nor the religious content of the law codex stimulated the creation of such a decoration program.
      • Nahuatl terms written in alphabetical characters accompany the multitude of indigenous persons, places, and things listed and depicted in the codex.
      • The Vatican codex, however, is of an altogether different genre.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a collection of statutes): from Latin, literally ‘block of wood’, later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book.

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