codex
Word family adjectivecodicologicalnouncodexcodicology
co·dex /ˈkəʊdeks $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun (plural codices /-dəsiːz/) [countableC] technical TCNan ancient book written by hand 〔古籍的〕手抄本 a sixth-century codex 一本公元6世纪时的手抄本
Origin codex (1500-1600) Latin “main part of a tree, piece of wood for writing on, book”