Codex Amiatinus
Overview
The oldest complete Latin Bible in one volume, made around 700 at the twin monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow and carried to Rome as a gift to the Pope by Abbot Ceolfrith. Its immense size, over 1,000 parchment leaves from some 500 calves, makes it the greatest surviving achievement of Anglo-Saxon bookmaking.
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