Tischendorf promised Alexander he would turn over the valuable manuscripts to the Russian Orthodox Church after he translated them. The czar ordered the monks, who had guarded the codex for ...

But the ancient manuscript is all the more fascinating if you look at the other documents it includes, the social and ...

The Codex Gigas is currently housed at the Swedish National Library in Stockholm. The Codex Gigas, often referred to as the "Devil's Bible," is a monumental 13th-century manuscript that continues ...

“Towards a History of the Birchbark Codex in Kashmir” In this brief presentation I will focus on the development of the codex form in Kashmir. While Kashmiri birchbark manuscripts have long been ...

The "codex" or book was possibly a Christian invention ... (Sinaiticus), and the last by the special character of its manuscript (Ephraemi).

The manuscript itself contains texts including the first complete epistle of Peter, the Book of Jonah, and an Easter homily. Reuters The codex was written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD ...

This made the Codex Sassoon the fourth most expensive book and manuscript ever sold at auction. But why is the Codex Sassoon so valuable? Click on to learn about the history of the Codex Sassoon ...

The manuscript is the world’s oldest nearly ... “It was my mission, realizing the historic significance of Codex Sassoon, to see that it resides in a place with global access to all people.” ...

In 1994, he purchased Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex Leicester," a manuscript that dates back to the 16th century. He paid $30.8 million for the journal at auction, a price that made it the most ...