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{{Book
|Name         =Index Astartes: Codex Astartes
|Image        =Index-Codex.jpg
|Image caption=Cover art
|Author       =
|Publisher    =[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]
|Series       =[[Index Astartes (Background Books)]]
|Preceded by  =[[Index Astartes: Dreadnoughts]]
|Followed by  =[[Index Astartes: Predators]]
|Released     =June 2013
|Pages        =19
|Editions     =2013 ebook<br>ISBN 9781782531388
}}

'''Index Astartes: Codex Astartes''' is the third book in the [[Index Astartes (Background Books)|Index Astartes]] series of background books by [[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]].

==Cover Description==
The [[Codex Astartes]] details the doctrine of the [[Space Marine Chapter]]s, compiled and written by the [[Primarch]] of the [[Ultramarines]], [[Roboute Guilliman]].  While not every Chapter follows the Codex completely, it lays the foundation for their organisation and tactics.

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