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New Testament Text-Types
The books of the New Testament were written in the 1st century CE. As Christianity spread in the 2nd century CE, many copies were made, some by non-professionals. Early manuscripts are considered to be closer to the original than later manuscripts...

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Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda
The Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda is the oldest and most comprehensive extant source of Norse mythology. 14th century CE. It is housed at the Arni Magnusson Institute of Learning in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus, which may contain Constantine I’s original Bible.
Photo taken in Warsaw in 2015.

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Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus, one of the three early Greek manuscripts that preserve both the Old and the New Testaments together, copied in the 5th century.
British Library, London.

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Codex Runicus, Runic Manuscript
The Codex Runicus (AM 28 8vo), a manuscript from c. 1300 CE, contains one of the oldest texts of the Scanian Law (Skånske lov), here written exclusively in the Medieval Futhork runic script. It resides at the University of Copenhagen in...

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Duke Heinrich von Breslau in the Codex Manesse
Page from the early 14th-century Codex Manesse - an illuminated book of poetry composed in Middle High German - depicting Duke Heinrich von Breslau (probably Henry IV of Silesia, also known as Henryk IV Probus in Polish) participating in...

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Henry I, Count of Anhalt in the Codex Manesse
Page from the early 14th-century Codex Manesse - an illuminated book of poetry composed in Middle High German - depicting Henry I, Count of Anhalt participating in a tournament.

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Tonatiuh, Codex Borgia
Tonatiuh, the Aztec god of the 5th and last sun. From the Codex Borgia. (Vatican Museum Rome)

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Collection of Gold as Tribute, Codex Tepetlaoztoc
A page of the 1554 Codex Tepetlaoztoc showing the collection of gold tribute by Spanish colonial authorities in New Spain (Mexico). (British Museum, London)

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Tezcatlipoca, Codex Rios
An illustration of Tezcatlipoca, one of the most important gods in the Aztec pantheon. Codex Rios, 16th century CE.