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codices, plural; codexes, plural;
  1. An ancient manuscript text in book form

  2. An official list of medicines, chemicals, etc

  1. (codex) an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
  2. (codex) an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
  3. A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover.
  4. (CODEX) The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be a ground-based astronomical observatory with a 42-meter diameter segmented mirror. The design features a filled aperture mirror with an area of 1,300 m². ...
  5. (Codex (horse)) Codex (1977–1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1980 Preakness Stakes. He was foaled in Florida out of the Minnesota Mac mare, Roundup Rose, sired by the 1969 American Horse of the Year, Arts And Letters.
  6. (Codex (TV)) Codex (first broadcast on 12 November 2006) is a quiz show set inside the British Museum and presented by Tony Robinson. It has been shortlisted for the gameshow Rose d'Or at the 2008 Lucerne Television Festival.
  7. The Codice (Conseil pour la Diffusion de la Culture Economique, Council for the Development of Economic Literacy in English) is an independent authority that was created in 2006 at the initiative of the Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment of France , in order to give answers to ...
  8. (The Codex) The Codex is a 20-episode online machinima series made by Edgeworks Entertainment and set in Bungie Studios' Halo video game universe. Along with its prequel, The Heretic, The Codex is part of the greater Codex Series. ...
  9. (codex) an early manuscript book; a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll; an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients
  10. (Codex) An ancient volume of manuscript.
  11. (Codex) An early book form made from papyri leaves cut, folded, and sewn together in the middle to make a book.  First used in the 2nd century.
  12. The codex is each warrior's personal record. It includes the names of the original Bloodnamed warriors from which a warrior is descended. ...
  13. (codex) a manuscript in the form of a book
  14. (codex) (pl. codices) – a manuscript (handwritten) volume, esp. of a classic work or of the Scriptures ('manuscript' in this sense means "handwritten")
  15. A codex is a form of text that resembles a modern book, consisting of several leaves of parchment or papyrus bound together. For more, see Ancient Book Forms. Plural codices.
  16. (Codex) A book composed of folded sheets sewn along one edge—the format we commonly think of as a book. ...
  17. (Codex (Latin)) a Roman book made from parchment (later used to refer to the Aztec and Inca writings).
  18. (Codex (plural Codices)) Ancient book. Maya books were composed in a fan-fold manner with paper coated with lime. They were hand painted.
  19. (Codex) (English) A manuscript book, either hand written or painted (plural form: codices). Typically a codex has pages bound along the left edge, much like a modern book; but the word also refers to indigenous manuscripts that were folded rather than bound.
  20. (Codex) (pl. codices) – A group of manuscript pages stitched together on one side to form a book; as opposed to pages sewn together on both sides to form a continuous scroll that had to be rolled up for storage and unrolled to be read. ...
  21. (Codex) A book, specifically an ancient written record. Maya, Aztec, and Mixtec codices (more than one codex) were made with paper from bark or animal skin and folded accordion-style. The codices recorded many details of everyday life and history. ...
  22. (Codex) A collection of pages bound along one side. The codex is the format in which books have been produced for many years and with which we are familiar.
  23. (Codex) A requirement for decoding encoded music. MP3, MVA, etc are all different types of codexes.
  24. (Codex) Papyrus scrolls were still dominant in the first century AD, as witnessed by the findings in Pompeii. The first written mention of the codex as a form of book is from Martial, in his Apophoreta CLXXXIV at the end of the century, where he praises its compactness. ...
  25. (Codex) The format of the modern book, with pages bound together between covers. Developed by the Romans as a replacement for the scroll. Historically the term is reserved for books made between 300 and 1500 AD.