Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus (340 AD). It is considered one of the two most important
manuscripts in existence. In 1844 Dr. C. Tischendorf, a German Bible professor and
scholar, at the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai, found monks lighting
their fires with this manuscript. When he rescued it, it contained copies (4th
Cent. A.D.) of the whole New Testament and half of the Old Testament in Greek.
Because of its importance he called it "aleph" after the first letter of the
Hebrew alphabet. In 1933, the (USSR) sold it to the British Museum for 100,000
pounds ($500,000) where it is today.