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British Library releases digital copies of ancient religious texts to the public
The collection includes scans of the London Codex, which is over a thousand years old
September 26, 2019 10:28
The collection includes scans of the London Codex, which is over a thousand years old
September 26, 2019 10:28The British Library this week released a collection of digital scans of over 250 of the ancient religious manuscripts it holds as part of its collection, including several notable Jewish texts.
The Discovering Sacred Texts collection includes several codices — biblical texts bound in book form, rather than as a scroll — including the London Codex, which is estimated to originate from Palestine or Egypt in the 10th century.
Judging by the handwriting, it was likely penned by the same scribe — Nissi ben Daniel — as the earlier Codex Babylonicus Petropolitanu (dated 916 CE), as well as the Leningrad and Aleppo Codices.
