Part of this month’s Important Judaica sale, the medieval work is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2.5 million.
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has become the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex ...
The Codex Sassoon, which measures 12 by 14 inches, dates to the late ninth or early tenth century. Sotheby's At more than 1,000 years old, the Codex Sassoon is the world’s earliest near-complete ...
The Codex Sassoon, believed to date from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at Sotheby’s by the American Friends of the ANU — Museum of the Jewish People. By Jennifer Schuessler The oldest ...
NEW YORK — A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38 million in New York on Wednesday. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten ...
Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was ...