The Bible may be the world’s most produced book, but there are few—if any—quite like the Codex Sassoon. Produced by a single, unknown scribe in the Levant around 1,100 years ago, it disappeared for ...

The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, an important early Christian book containing five distinct texts all copied by the same scribe, is going up for auction in June at Christie's in London. If you have a spare ...

All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day. A mysterious illustration inside the Codex Gigas, which appears to be Satan, has long made the medieval ...

The Codex Sassoon, a 10th century Hebrew Bible, goes up for sale at Sotheby’s in May and could become the most valuable book ever sold at auction. “It’s one of the world’s greatest treasures.” Sharon ...

A recent study by Dr. Alar Läänelaid and his colleagues has provided new insights into the creation of the oldest dated manuscript in Estonia. The study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage ...

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The Maya were, at their height, one of the world’s great civilisations. In the “classic” period, from AD 250–900, Maya cities with monumental architecture and huge populations spread across a large ...

manuscripts over a period of about 40 years, including drawings, writings, and academic writings. The largest set of these, the Codex Atlanticus, contains numerous drawings as well as a wide range of ...