Archived World's oldest surviving Latin bible returns to Britain after 1300 years (telegraph.co.uk)
submitted ago by Kattie
Posted by: Kattie
Posting time: 3 years ago on
Last edit time: never edited.
Archived on: 3/1/2018 10:00:00 AM
Views: 264
SCP: 25
25 upvotes, 0 downvotes (100% upvoted it)
Archived World's oldest surviving Latin bible returns to Britain after 1300 years (telegraph.co.uk)
submitted ago by Kattie
view the rest of the comments →
[–] 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. '
This has been an automated message.