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Summary The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, which was written on papyrus in Egypt, is the earliest Christian liturgical book, and is expected to sell for more than $2.6 million.

Content <p>One of the oldest <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/religion/christianity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian liturgical books</a> is expected to sell for more than $2.6 million at an auction in London.</p><p>The Crosby-Schøyen Codex was written on Egyptian papyrus from around 250-350 A.D., and produced in one of the first monasteries.</p><p>"It's right at that period, that transitional period, when papyrus scroll starts turning into codex form," Eugenio Donadoni, Christie's Senior Specialist, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/one-oldest-books-existence-expected-fetch-over-26-million-auction-2024-04-02/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">told Reuters</a>. "So, books as we know them today. And what we have in this book is the earliest known texts of two books of the Bible."</p><p>According to auction house, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christie's New York</a>, the book is expected to fetch between $2.6 million to $3.8 million.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/johnny-carson-81-delorean-dmc-12-auction-cult-classic" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>JOHNNY CARSON'S ‘81 DELOREAN DMC-12 IS UP FOR AUCTION: ’A CULT CLASSIC' </u></strong></a></p><p>One scribe wrote 104 pages, with 52 leaves, over a period of 40 years.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/new-york-woman-talks-auctioneering-personality-grit-brought-success-stage-25-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>NEW YORK WOMAN TALKS AUCTIONEERING, HOW HER PERSONALITY AND GRIT BROUGHT SUCCESS ON STAGE FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS </u></strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/archaeology/history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The five texts</a> in the Crosby-Schøyen Codex are:</p><p>The book was eventually discovered in the 1950s. </p><p>It was acquired by the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education/college" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Mississippi</a> until 1981, when it was bought by Dr. Martin Schoyen, a manuscript collector, in 1988.</p><p>The codex is on view at Christie's New York, April 2-9, and will be <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">auctioned in London</a> on June 11.</p><p><i>Reuters contributed to this report.</i></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><strong><u>For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle</u></strong></i></a></p>

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