![]() ![]() It's interesting to think about the missionaries coming from Iona, but also missionaries coming from Rome. But the other manuscripts are mostly gospel books, and it is these gospel books and some psalters that mainly survived. Is on display with the greatest treasures of Looking at is a pandect, that is, a book that containsīoth the Old Testament, or the Jewish Bible, and ![]() And carrying it was a great endeavor, but it may have been takenĭis-bound, so perhaps not the whole 75 pounds bound And yeah, was taken all that way to Rome. Made, one for Wearmouth and one for Jarrow, but this one was made to be taken to ItalyĪs a gift for the pope. One is completely lost, for one we have a few leaves surviving, but this one is the only one that survives intact. Codex Amiatinus was one of three giant Bibles that were commissioned by Ceolfrith, abbot at Wearmouth-Jarrow at the beginning of the 8th century. Remarkable is that this was meant to be carriedįrom Northumbria to Rome. Over 500 animals to produce the skins that were Thousand leaves of parchment, so it would've required Is almost a foot thick, and it contains over a What we see atįirst is how enormous it is, how many pages or folios there are. It really is a giant,īoth in its importance, but just physically as well. Codex Amiatinus is one of the greatest treasures ![]() (upbeat piano music) - We're at anĮxtraordinary exhibition, in the British Library, ofĪnglo-Saxon manuscripts, and we're standing in front of perhaps one of the most importantīooks in the world. ![]()
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