Biblical auction: Early Christian Scripture and ancient codices draw collectors’ eyes to Paris
The starring role in an upcoming auction at Christie’s will be taken by the Crosby-Schoyen Codex, the oldest known book in private hands. CATHERINE PEPINSTER, of Religion News Service, reports that it contains the oldest complete version of the First Epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah…
One of the oldest books in existence expected to fetch over $US2.6 million at auction
New York City, US Reuters A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books in existence will go up for auction in June in London. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex – written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first […]