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The starring role in a June auction at Christie's will be taken by the Crosby-Schoyen Codex, the oldest known book in private hands. Written on papyrus in the Coptic language, it contains the oldest complete version of the First Epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.
LONDON (RNS) — The starring role in a June auction at Christie's will be taken by the Crosby-Schoyen Codex, the oldest known book in private hands. Written on papyrus in the Coptic language, it contains the oldest complete version of the First Epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.
One of the oldest books in the world is expected to sell for more than $2.6 million when it goes up for auction later this year.
The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, one of the oldest books in the world, could sell for $3.8 million at a Christie's auction in June.
A very rare piece of history, an ancient Egyptian version of the Bible, might be on its way to make waves in the world of antiquities.