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<!---[[Image:Codex alexandrinus.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Gospel of Luke in Codex Alexandrinus]]---> The '''Codex Alexandrinus''' (London, British Library, MS Royal 1. D. V-VIII; Gregory-Aland no. '''A''' or '''02''', Soden δ 4) is a 5th century manuscript of the Greek Bible, containing the majority of the [[Septuagint]] and the [[New Testament]].<ref>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, ''The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism'', transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 107, 109.</ref>
Along with the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and the [[Codex Vaticanus]], it is one of the earliest and most complete manuscripts of the Bible. It derives its name from Alexandria where it resided for a number of years before being given to the British in the 17th century.