Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Was Preserved and Found in the Coffin of a Saint

Re:Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Was Preserved and Found in th... by acheron on Saturday September 29, 2018 @11:51PM (#18104370)

If this is something that interests you, the recent book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is very good. This book is not covered, but the Codex Amiatinus also mentioned in the article is.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316549/meetings-wit...

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Re:Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Was Preserved and Found in th... by cmroanirgo on Sunday September 30, 2018 @06:06AM (#18105477)

It's a play on the title Meetings with Remarkable Men?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079542/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Personally, I'd call what came out of the Nag Hammadi remarkable. Another edge case that I'm reading is The Kolbrin (it's authenticity is in question, but it's words are very inspiring) [0]

And of course, the Pistis Sophia, whose opening line is:

"IT came to pass, when Jesus had risen from the dead, that he passed eleven years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them..." [1] [2]

The first few chapters are full of hard to read symbolism, but there's a lot to absorb in there.

[0] https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/hercolobus/kolbrin_00.htm

[1] http://gnosis.org/library/pistis-sophia/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistis_Sophia

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