Christie's is selling the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, an ancient biblical manuscript with early Christian texts, for £3 million, highlighting its significance in the transition from scrolls to books.
The codex holds the earliest texts of the Book of Jonah and the First Epistle of Peter, all copied by the same scribe in the 3rd century AD, making it a unique object in the history of Christianity and information technology.
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