codex · Latin · OT + NT

Codex Amiatinus

Also known as: Pandect

AD 690 – AD 716 (~AD 700) · dated by colophon

Evidence card

A quick read on the physical object before the interpretive summary.

2 sources

Artifact

codex · Latin

Date basis

AD 690 – AD 716 (~AD 700) · colophon

Survival

~100% physically present

Contents

vulgate-bible Complete Latin Vulgate

Artifact/map cue

Held at Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence · Discovery: Made at Wearmouth-Jarrow (Anglo-Saxon England), sent as a gift to the Pope in 716; never delivered.

Date

AD 690 – AD 716 (~AD 700)

Passage represented

vulgate-bible Complete Latin Vulgate

How much survives

~100% of the claimed text is physically present

Why it matters

The oldest complete Latin Vulgate Bible in one volume. Produced under Abbot Ceolfrith in Northumbria — astonishingly, the highest-quality early Vulgate witness was made in 8th-century England, not in Italy. Crucial for reconstructing Jerome's original Vulgate.

What it contains

vulgate-bible — Complete Latin Vulgate

~100% of the claimed text is physically present.

Where & when

Held at: Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
Discovery: Made at Wearmouth-Jarrow (Anglo-Saxon England), sent as a gift to the Pope in 716; never delivered.

Source trail

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