The world's oldest book in a private collection, and one of the earliest in existence, sold at auction in London for more than £3 million.
The world’s oldest book in a private collection, and one of the earliest books in existence,was previously owned by the Norwegian businessman and rare book collector Martin Schoyen, and contains the earliest complete copies of two texts from the Bible – the book of Jonah and Peter’s first epistle.
Written in Coptic script on double-sided papyrus leaves now preserved between plexiglass plates, the ancient biblical text represents advances in written technology at a time when single-sided scrolls were more commonplace. The entire collection comprises over 20 000 pieces, spanning 5 000 years of history from 3 500 BC to the present day, according to its website.Last year, the Codex Sassoon – a Hebrew Bible more than 1 000 years old – sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York in a new record.
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