English Dictionary

codex

noun

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.

The codex discovered in the ancient library contains valuable historical information.

意味（1）

An early manuscript book.

意味（2）

A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.

From its inception, the index has provided a window onto the history of the book, for it took the advent of a particular type of book — the codex, a sheaf of pages fastened along one edge — to make an index a practical possibility.

意味（3）

An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.