Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m at auction
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2023-05-18 18:59
The 1,100-year-old Codex Sassoon sells at auction for $38m - a record for handwritten text.

The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby's New York for $38.1m (£30.6m), becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction.

The Codex Sassoon is thought to have been written about 1,100 years ago.

It is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript containing...

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