Re:Oldest Libraries in the World
by peter_d_sherman on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:55AM
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>"The library at Saint Catherine’s Monastery located at the foot of the legendary Mount Sinai,
is the oldest continually operating library in the world."
[...]
"Due to its age and importance in the Christian world, the monastery’s library has the second largest collection of
ancient manuscripts and codices,
just after Vatican City.
The library houses several unique and important texts, including the Syriac Sinaiticus and, until 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest known complete Bible dating back to around 345 CE. A few years ago, the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Library began reproducing digital copies of about 1,100 unique Syriac and Arabic manuscripts from Saint Catherine’s Monastery."
is the oldest continually operating library in the world."
[...]
"Due to its age and importance in the Christian world, the monastery’s library has the second largest collection of
ancient manuscripts and codices,
just after Vatican City.
The library houses several unique and important texts, including the Syriac Sinaiticus and, until 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest known complete Bible dating back to around 345 CE. A few years ago, the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Library began reproducing digital copies of about 1,100 unique Syriac and Arabic manuscripts from Saint Catherine’s Monastery."