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The Codex Gigas opened to the page with the distinctive portrait of the Devil from which the text received its byname, the Devil's Bible. [1]The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). [2]
The following is a list of the world's oldest surviving physical documents. Each entry is the most ancient of each language or civilization. For example, the Narmer Palette may be the most ancient from Egypt, but there are many other surviving written documents from Egypt later than the Narmer Palette but still more ancient than the Missal of Silos.
The cover on the surviving volume of the metal type edition records in French "The oldest known Korean book printed with molded type, with 1377 as date", written by Maurice Courant. The lines are not straight, but askew. The difference of the thickness of ink color shown on drawn letter paper is large, and spots often occur.
The 104-page Crosby-Schøyen Codex from Egypt was written by a single scribe over 40 years, dating back to 250–350 AD.
An extreme case is the Vedic Sanskrit of the Rigveda: the earliest parts of this text date to c. 1500 BC, [1] while the oldest known manuscripts date to c. 1040 AD. [2] Similarly the oldest Avestan texts, the Gathas , are believed to have been composed before 1000 BC, but the oldest Avestan manuscripts date from the 13th century AD.
In August 2003, Project Gutenberg created a CD containing approximately 600 of the "best" e-books from the collection. The CD is available for download as an ISO image. When users are unable to download the CD, they can request to have a copy sent to them, free of charge. In December 2003, a DVD was created containing nearly 10,000 items. At ...
Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death. Naomi Whitehead recently became the oldest living person in North America at 114-years-old. St. Paul's Senior Living ...
Gongsun Longzi: Book of Master Gongsun Long; Cangjiepian: Cang Jie's Chapter; Lament for Ying (Āi Yǐng) Bu Ju: Divination; Yu Fu: Fisherman; Nine Changes (Jiǔ Biàn) Zhao Hun: Summons of the Soul; Da Zhao: The Great Summons; Sorrow for Troth Betrayed (Xī Shì) Etruscan [broken anchor]: Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis (Linen Book of Zagreb) Sanskrit: