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A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.

(CNN) — A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has...

The Codex Sassoon sold for one of the highest prices ever for a manuscript at auction and will be displayed at the ANU Museum in Israel.

The 1,100-year-old Codex Sassoon sells at auction for $38m - a record for handwritten text.

The near-complete Hebrew Bible edged out a volume by Leonardo da Vinci as the most expensive sold at auction ever.

The Codex Sassoon is one of only two manuscripts, containing all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible to have survived into the modern era.

It is set to be displayed at the ANU Museum in Israel

Oldest Most Complete Hebrew Bible Sells For $38m At Auction

The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million om New York on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said, one of the highest prices ever for a book or document sold at auction. Wednesday's winning bid for the Codex Sassoon was made via a donation by Alfred H. Moses, a former US ambassador and president of the American Jewish Committee, who is giving it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby's New York in the United States (US) for $38.1m