Askew Codex

Askew Codex

The Askew Codex (a.k.a. "Codex Askewianus") is a parchment manuscript now held by the British Library (BL Additional MS 5114) which contains Coptic translations of the Gnostic texts Pistis Sophia and parts of what G. R. S. Mead referred to as "extracts from "The Books of the Savior"."


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