Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Vatican, British Libraries Put Ancient Bibles and Rare Greek and Hebrew Texts Online

Through a website set up by the Vatican and Oxford University, a treasure trove of ancient bibles and rare Greek and Hebrew texts are being made available to the public. A priceless 1455 copy of the Gutenberg Bible -- the first major book to be printed with movable type in the West and one of fewer than 50 surviving copies -- went online Tuesday in the first stage of the project between the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV) and Oxford's Bodleian library. The ...

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