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Self-Portrait of a Bible: The Ezra Image of Codex Amiatinus (2022)
Journal Article
Watson, F. B. (2022). Self-Portrait of a Bible: The Ezra Image of Codex Amiatinus. Religions, 13(6), Article 530. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060530

Dating from the early 8th century and created in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, Codex Amiatinus is the oldest intact single-volume Bible in any language. Within its extensive prefatory material is an image of Ezra, the scribe who according to legend rewrot... Read More about Self-Portrait of a Bible: The Ezra Image of Codex Amiatinus.