This paper unfolds parts of the dynamic, yet mostly hidden, history of MS Sinai Arabic 151 based on its paleographical, codicological, paratextual, and textual features. Combining these aspects opens new horizons of research in the Arabic Bible manuscripts that had previously received attention limited solely to the text. MS Sinai, Ar. 151 is an intact manuscript containing the Pauline Epistles, Acts of the Apostles, and the Catholic Epistles. Its fame derives mainly from its colophon, which dates it to 867 CE, and bestows it with the distinction of belonging to the earliest Arabic Bibles. In observing the various stages through which the manuscript evolved from two separate units of production into the codex preserved today, several aspects of the life of MS Sinai, Ar. 151, such as the copies made from it, its damage and restoration, and the functions it served, become clearer. Furthermore, for different reasons, scholars have cast shadows on its colophon’s authenticity. Our investigation clarifies that there is no reason to suspect the authenticity of the colophon.

本文根据其西奈语的古地理，刑法学，文字文字和文字特征，揭示了动态的，但大部分是隐藏的MS Sinai阿拉伯语151的历史。这些方面的结合为阿拉伯圣经手稿的研究开辟了新的领域，此前，阿拉伯手稿只受到文本的关注。西奈女士（MS Sinai）151是完整的手稿，其中包含波琳书信，使徒行传和天主教书信。它的声望主要来自它的可折叠纸浆，可追溯到867  CE，并以其属于最早的阿拉伯圣经的区别而著称。在观察手稿从两个独立的生产单元演变成今天保存的食典的各个阶段时，西奈女士（MS Sinai）151，例如由它制成的副本，它的损坏和恢复以及它所发挥的功能，都变得更加清晰。此外，由于不同的原因，学者们对其蛇皮纸的真实性投下了阴影。我们的调查表明，没有理由怀疑该树脂的真实性。