An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A manuscript text in book form which was common before the invention of printing. The codex is the earliest known form of a bound book which replaced the scroll. It was a Roman invention. → Dresden codex.

Etymology (EN): From L. codex “book,” → code.

Etymology (PE): Nebigân, from nebi / nepi / nevi “book, scripture,” from Mid.Pers. nibêg “writing, scripture, book,” related to neveštan, → write, + -gân suffix denoting collective nature.