Archived World's oldest surviving Latin bible returns to Britain after 1300 years (telegraph.co.uk)
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Archived World's oldest surviving Latin bible returns to Britain after 1300 years (telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] NoRagrets 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
How long are we giving this thing before Mussies or SJWs destroy it?
[–] 11226151? 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Why is it there...are they giving it to the Mussies to burn?
[–] 1Sorry_SOB 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Christ, What are the fees going be like?
[–] derram 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
https://archive.fo/lFWN0 :
'The oldest known Bible written in Latin, one of the great treasures of the Anglo-Saxon world, is to return to Britain after more than 1300 years. '
'It is one of the greatest treasures of Anglo-Saxon times yet it is not very well known by the general public. '
'Codex Amiatinus was written by monks at Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery, in the north-east of England, in the early eighth century. '
'The surviving Bible was carried to Rome as a gift for Pope Gregory II - quite an undertaking, as the book weighs 35kg and measures a foot thick. '
'For centuries it was housed at the Abbey of the Saviour in Monte Amiata in Tuscany, before passing to the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. '
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[–] Kattie [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
[–] MetalAegis 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If it falls in the river will the police fish it out? Probably not.
[–] yueter 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Older does not mean better when it comes to bibles.
Sounds not right, but it is.
[–] Son_Of_Hate ago
Care to explain why? Seems like it would be closer to the original source
[–] yueter 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
With most things yeah.
Jist of it is, the Bible was used so extensively by most families (like 6 hours a day, every day, every week) that they wore out quite fast.
Imagine Bible A is written/edited/compiled wtvr by one group. And Bible B written/edited/compiled wtvr again by another group.
Both printed at the same time.
Bible A is put away and sits on a shelf in a dusty building. Bible B is opened, shut, dropped, spilled on, wtvr for hours each and every day.
Bible B is toast after a while. Time to copy or get a new Bible B. Few years later, gonna be time for another Bible B.
A few hundred years go by.
Oldest copy of Bible B is only few decades old.
Oldest copy of Bible A is centuries old.