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Crosby-Schøyen Codex: Ancient Coptic manuscript reveals sermon that spurred violence against Jews
The codex, currently owned by Norwegian collector Martin Schøyen, contains 104 pages and was found in Egypt in 1952 among some other manuscripts buried in a jar in the sand. The book is made of ...
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One of world’s earliest known books expected to fetch more than $2.6m at auction
One of the earliest books in existence is expected to fetch upwards of $2.6m when it goes up for auction later this year. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, which was written in Coptic on papyrus in Egypt ...
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The weirdest book in the world just turned 40. We talked to its creator.
Italian artist Luigi Serafini gives us a look inside the 40th anniversary edition of his beautifully bizarre Codex Seraphinianus T he first thing you need to know about the Codex Seraphinianus is ...