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Codex

noun

(pl. codices)

An official list of chemicals or medicines etc..

An unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll). Synonym: leaf-book.

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... they work, which commonly are call'd Witches ... shews that he himself hath a Spirit of Contradiction in him."[58] There are, he says, laws against witches, laws by Parliament and laws in the Holy Codex. ...

— A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 • Wallace Notestein

... by them with the letters of the Roman alphabet. There are but two works that can be compared to it in their importance to the student of American antiquities and American languages, namely, the 'Codex Chimalpopoca' in Nahuatl, the ancient written language of Mexico, and the 'Codex Cakchiquel' in the dialect of Guatemala. These, together with the work published by the Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg under the title of 'Popol Vuh,' must form the starting-point of all critical ...

— Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I - Essays on the Science of Religion • Friedrich Max Mueller

... sixteenth century, it came into the Royal Library in 1706, and has been there ever since. Its present number is Bib. Nat. Grec 437. Another treasure of ancient times which was once at St. Denis is the sixth-century uncial Greek MS. of the Prophets known as Codex Marchalianus, now in the Vatican; but when it came to France is not clearly made out. Coming to later times, the not inconsiderable collection made by Francis I. received a notable increase in that of Catherine de' Medici, once the property of Cardinal ...

— The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts - Helps for Students of History, No. 17. • M. R. James

... carry my precious codex at once to Don Rafael, that I might have the benefit of his superior knowledge in studying it (for he had continued very intelligently the investigation of Aztec picture-writing that was so well begun by the late Senor Ramirez), and also that I might enjoy his sympathetic enjoyment of my discovery. ...

— The Aztec Treasure-House • Thomas Allibone Janvier

... codex has reference to the tribute received from various tribes. In this cut the left-hand figure is the hieroglyphic of the town of Chilapi, and is an excellent representation of their rebus-writing we have just referred to. It is a tub of water, on which floats a red-pepper pod. The ...

— The Prehistoric World - Vanished Races • E. A. Allen

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