Codex

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Codex \Co"dex\ (k[=o]"d[e^]ks), n.; pl. {Codices}. [L. See
     {Code}.]
     1. A book, especially an early form of book with pages
        stitched together, contrasting with the earlier scrolls; a
        manuscript; as, a DaVinci codex.
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     2. A collection or digest of laws; a code(senses 2 or 4).
        [archaic] --Burrill.
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     3. An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any
        part of them, particularly the New Testament.
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     4. A collection of canons. --Shipley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  codex
       n 1: an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
       2: an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as
          distinguished from a scroll) [syn: {leaf-book}]
       [also: {codices} (pl)]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CODEX. Literally, a volume or roll. It is particularly applied to the volume 
  of the civil law, collected by the emperor Justinian, from all pleas and 
  answers of the ancient lawyers, which were in loose scrolls or sheets of 
  parchment. These he compiled into a book which goes by the name of Codex.