Codex Amiatinus

It preserves the full biblical text in a single surviving Latin manuscript, including both Old and New Testaments. The massive volume was produced around the start of the 8th century at the Wearmouth-Jarrow monastic community in Northumbria.

No. Abbot Ceolfrith had it produced in Northumbria as a gift for Pope Gregory II and carried it toward Rome, but he died during the journey in 716. The manuscript eventually reached the Abbey of San Salvatore at Monte Amiata, which gave rise to its modern name.

It is an important early witness to Jerome's Latin Vulgate tradition. Scholars value it because its text is comparatively careful and predates many later medieval alterations.

The manuscript is held by the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. Because it is a fragile and exceptionally important artifact, public access normally depends on exhibitions, institutional arrangements, or digital reproductions rather than routine handling.