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Forgery, Theft and an Early English Bible
- Free to visit
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
About this event
The lecture will reconstruct the colourful early history of the world’s oldest intact Bible, Codex Amiatinus, produced in the Northumbrian monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow and sent to Rome as a gift to the pope in c. 716.
Professor Francis Watson, Research Chair in Early Christian Literature, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University and Ms Lauren Randall, PhD candidate, Durham University.
Free event in the Reference Library or online via Zoom. Registration required, places limited.
Image: Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Amiatino 1, fol. 1v, dedication
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