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[–] derram 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

https://archive.fo/lFWN0 :

World's oldest surviving Latin bible returns to Britain after 1300 years

'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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