Show Most Valuable Book BookIn I I I In the World The Medico Laurentian museum of Flor Florence Florence Italy has in its posse possession sion what is said to be the most valuable Look book In the world This book is called calle 1 the Codex and is pronounced pronounced pro pronounced by some scholars to be pel per lips haps the oldest and by all an odds the best bost ancient Latin manuscript of the Bible Dible The work is believed to have been copied from the translation by St St. Jerome which he made direct from early earb Greek and l Hebrew scripts Its origin is placed in tit the ninth century and is thought to have been the handiwork handiwork handi handl work of or English priest Only recently has the true character of this book become known For Jor many years jears it was owned by the Monte convent without any anyone one being aware of its true value Of course It was wn to be bo of or great antiquity and was highly highly- prized on that account But it remained for Italian scholars to discover its real significance The work is now priceless It can only be examined by virtue of or a special permit from rom the highest st Italian authority |