Salon

"The Aleppo Codex": The bizarre history of a precious book

An ancient and priceless book, a murky history of evasions and coverups, an underground of sinister and possibly violent dealers, a former spy who drops tantalizing hints and a wily 84-year-old ...
Yahoo

Crosby-Schøyen Codex, sold for millions at auction, gives a glimpse into the history of early Christianity

The Crosby-Schoyen Codex at Christie's auction house in Paris. The manuscript goes up for auction in London on June 11, 2024. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images An important piece of early Christian ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

An ancient manuscript up for sale gives a glimpse into the history of early Christianity

This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of biblical and other early Christian texts. An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up ...
Barron's

A ‘Crucial Bridge’ to History, the Codex Sassoon Could Fetch $50 Million

A more than 1,000-year-old Hebrew bible known as the Codex Sassoon is being sold by Swiss investor and collector Jacqui Safra in May at Sotheby’s in New York for an estimated US$30 million to US$50 ...
Scroll

How did the scroll of the ancient world evolve into the modern book? (And what is a codex?)

A codex is just the Roman name for a book, made of pages, and usually bound on the left. Its predecessor was the scroll or book roll, which was unrolled as you read. The codex is manifestly superior: ...