oldest complete latin ​​bible set to return to uk after 1,302 years /

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British Library secures loan of giant Codex Amiatinus Bible from Laurentian library in Florence for exhibition on Anglo-Saxon EnglandOne of the greatest of all Anglo-Saxon treasures,the oldest total Latin Bible in existence, is returning to the UK for the first time in 1302 years.
The Codex Amiatinus is a beautiful and giant Bible produced in Northumbria by pioneering monks in 716 which, or on its completion,was taken to Italy as a gift for Pope Gregory II.
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Source: guardian.co.uk

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