Witness:	01
Aliases:	GA 01, Siglum א, Codex Sinaiticus. TM 62315.
Description:	Parchment, 43x38 cm, 411 extant leaf(s), 4 column(s), 48 line(s) per column, 11-16 characters per line, written in Greek. Also contains Septuagint, Apocrypha, and Shepherd of Hermas. There were several other correctors after the terminus ad quem.
Provenance:	325-360 – Written by unknown scribe with professional hand in Caesarea, Yisra'el?, modern H̲orbat Qesari, Yisra'el. ︎🌍 Cannot be dated before 325 because it contains the Eusebian Canons and it cannot be dated after 360 because it references certain church fathers in the margin. (943 verses edited). 325-360 – [a] Corrected by diorthotes with professional hand in Caesarea, Yisra'el?, modern H̲orbat Qesari, Yisra'el. ︎🌍 Probably contemporaneous with original scribe. (29 verses edited).
	548 - 560 – Donated to Ieras Monēs Theobadistou Orous Sina, Agias Aikaterinēs (Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai) in Dayr al Qiddīsah Kātrīnā, Miṣr by Emperor Jusinian. 1761 – Discovered by Vitaliano Donati in Dayr al Qiddīsah Kātrīnā, Miṣr. [Leaf 1,3,5-18,410-411] 1975 – Discovered by Ieras Monēs Theobadistou Orous Sina, Agias Aikaterinēs (Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai) in Dayr al Qiddīsah Kātrīnā, Miṣr in a room beneath the St. George Chapel during restoration work. Today – MG 1, Ieras Monēs Theobadistou Orous Sina, Agias Aikaterinēs (Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai), Dayr al Qiddīsah Kātrīnā, Miṣr. [Leaf 2a,4] January 1845 - June 1845 – Transferred to Konstantin Uspenski (Bishop Porphyrius) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. 1883 – Transferred to Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. Today – RNB. Gr. 259, Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia), Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. [Leaf 2b] 1853 – Discovered by Konstantin Tischendorf in Dayr al Qiddīsah Kātrīnā, Miṣr as it was being used as a bookmarker in another book. 1858 – Transferred to Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. Today – RNB. Gr. 2, Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia), Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. [Leaf 19,39-50,52-111,136-409b] February 24, 1859 – Transferred to Metochi tēs Ieras Monēs Theobadistou, Agias Aikaterinēs (Metochin of Holy Monastery of St. Catherine) in Al Qāhirah, Miṣr. September 16, 1859 – Donated to Konstantin Tischendorf in Leipzig, Deutschland. 1862 – Transferred to Ministerstvo Inostrannykh Del (Ministry of Forein Affairs) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. November 1869 – Transferred to Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. 1933 – Purchased by British Museum in London, United Kingdom. 1973 – Moved to British Library in London, United Kingdom. Today – Add. MS 43725, British Library, London, United Kingdom. [Leaf 20-38,112-135] 1845 – Transferred to Konstantin Tischendorf in Leipzig, Deutschland. 1845 – Transferred to Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (Leipzig University Library) in Leipzig, Deutschland. Today – MS gr. 1, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (Leipzig University Library), Leipzig, Deutschland. [Leaf 51] ? – Purchased by antiquities dealer (Shibanov?) in ?. 1899 – Transferred to Obshchestvo Liubiteleĭ Drevneĭ Pisʹmennosti (Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. 1932 – Transferred to Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. Today – RNB. OLDP. O. 156, Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia), Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. [Leaf 409a] ? – Transferred to Konstantin Uspenski (Bishop Porphyrius) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. 1883 – Transferred to Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia) in Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija (as RNB. F. п. I. 83) as part of Porfiry Collection. Today – RNB. Gr. 843, Rossiĭskaia Natsionalʹnaia Bibloteka (National Library of Russia), Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija.
Content:	Matt.-John, Rom.-2Thes., Heb., 1Tim.-Phlm, Acts, Jas.-Rev. Omitted Matt. {12:47}, 16:3, 17:21, 18:11, 23:14, 24:35, Mark 1:33, 7:16, 9:44, 46, 10:36, 11:26, 15:28, 47, 16:9-20, Luke 10:32, {17:35}, 17:36, John 5:4, 7:53-8:11, 9:38, 16:15, {19:20}, 20:6, {21:25}, Acts {2:21}, 8:37, 15:24, 24:7, 28:29, Rom. {11:30}, 16:24, {1Cor. 2:15}, {Eph. 2:7}, {Heb. 4:9}. (7900 verses)
Bibliography:	Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung. New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room. (Münster). https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/manuscript-workspace, accessed 04/12/2024. [compared] Tischendorf, Constantinus. Bibliorum Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus. Petropoli (Lipsiae), 1862. OCLC 1475638. [princeps] Williams, Matthew T., transcr. Codex Sinaiticus. Accordance Bible Software. https://www.accordancebible.com/product/codex-sinaiticus, accessed 04/12/2024. [compared]
Transcription:	Created 04/20/2007, modified 06/29/2021.