The
Codex Alexandrinus (London,
British Library, MS Royal 1. D. V-VIII; Gregory-Aland no.
A or
02,
Soden d 4) is a fifth-century
manuscript of the Greek Bible, containing the majority of the
Septuagint and the
New Testament. It is one of the four
Great uncial codices. Along with the
Codex Sinaiticus and the
Vaticanus, it is one of the earliest and most complete manuscripts of the
Bible.
Brian Walton assigned Alexandrinus the capital Latin letter A in the Polyglot Bible of 1657. This designation was maintained when the system was standardized by
Wettstein in 1751. Thus, Alexandrinus held the first position in the manuscript list.