A handwritten book from Egypt, coming from the earliest Christian civilisations will increase for auction in June in London, at an incredible cost of $2.6 million to $3.8 million, Times of India reported.
According to the Christie’s site, the Crosby-Schoyen Codex, is among the earliest understood books to exist. The ancient manuscript is composed on papyrus in the Coptic language in between 250-350 ADVERTISEMENT.
The manuscript includes 104 pages or 52 leaves and includes epistles from Peter and the book of Jonah.
Senior professional for books and manuscripts at Christies, Eugenio Donadoni, stated that the text is of “significant value as a witness to the earliest spread of Christianity around the Mediterranean”.
“The earliest monks in Upper Egypt in the earliest Christian abbey were utilizing this extremely book to commemorate the earliest Easter events, just a couple of a century after Christ and just a hundred approximately years after the last Gospel was composed.”
The book was found in the 1950s and has actually because become part of the distinguished Shoyen Collection, owned by Norwegian collector Dr Martin Schoyen.
On June 11 it will go on sale, in addition to numerous other ancient manuscripts at the Christie’s, till then it is being shown at Christie’s New York.