usc ule ▁hand ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁Daniel . ▁T . ▁C . ▁S ke at , ▁a ▁pale ograph er ▁at ▁the ▁British ▁Museum , ▁first ▁argued ▁that ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁ 5 0 ▁B ibles ▁that ▁the ▁Emperor ▁Const antine ▁I ▁ordered ▁E use b ius ▁of ▁Ca es area ▁to ▁produce . ▁The ▁similarity ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁with ▁the ▁pap y ri ▁and ▁Co ptic ▁version ▁( including ▁some ▁letter ▁formation ), ▁par alle ls ▁with ▁Ath anas ius ' ▁canon ▁of ▁ 3 6 7 ▁suggest ▁an ▁Egypt ian ▁or ▁Alexand rian ▁origin . ▁ ▁The ▁manuscript ▁is ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁century ▁and ▁is ▁likely ▁slightly ▁older ▁than ▁Code x ▁S ina it icus , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁trans cribed ▁in ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁century . ▁One ▁argument ▁to ▁support ▁this , ▁is ▁that ▁S ina it icus ▁already ▁has ▁the , ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁very ▁new ▁E use bian ▁Can on ▁tables , ▁but ▁V at ican us ▁does ▁not . ▁Another ▁is ▁the ▁slightly ▁more ▁arch a ic ▁style ▁of ▁V at ican us , ▁and ▁the ▁complete ▁absence ▁of ▁orn ament ation . ▁ ▁S cri bes ▁and ▁correct ors ▁▁ ▁According ▁to ▁T isch endorf ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁three ▁scri bes ▁( A , ▁B , ▁C ), ▁two ▁of ▁whom ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁written ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁and ▁one ▁the ▁entire ▁New ▁Testament .