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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'main part of a tree, piece of wood for writing on, book'

codex

 noun
     
Related topics: Newspapers, Publishing
co‧dex plural codices [countable] technical
TCN an ancient book written by hand:
a sixth-century codex
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