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culture-and-history2 years ago

Ancient Hebrew Bible sells for record-breaking $38.1M at auction.

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, has been sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby's in New York, making it the most valuable manuscript ever to be sold at an auction. The 1,100-year-old manuscript is named after renowned Judaica collector David Solomon Sassoon and was bought by US lawyer and former ambassador Alfred Moses for the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Codex Sassoon is the earliest surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Bible that has all 24 books with punctuation, vowels, and accents.

via New York Post |
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arts-and-culture2 years ago

1100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for record-breaking $38 million at auction.

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, has been sold at Sotheby's New York for $38.1m, becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction. The manuscript is thought to have been written about 1,100 years ago and is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript containing all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with punctuation, vowels, and accents. The winning bid exceeded the $30.8m paid by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 1994 for the Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci's scientific notebook. The Codex Sassoon is named after a previous owner, David Solomon Sassoon, who acquired it in 1929 and assembled the largest and most important private collection of Hebrew manuscripts in the world at his home in London.

via BBC|
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arts-and-culture2 years ago

Ancient Hebrew Bible Sells for Record $38 Million at Auction

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon, sold for $38 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York. Former US Ambassador to Romania Alfred H. Moses purchased it on behalf of the American Friends of ANU and donated it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The manuscript is believed to have been fabricated between 880 and 960 and is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts. It was sold by Sotheby's in Zurich in 1978 for around $320,000 and was purchased by Jacqui Safra in 1989 for $3.19 million.

via NPR|
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culture2 years ago

1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for record-breaking $38.1 million at auction.

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, known as the Codex Sassoon, has sold for $38m in New York and will be placed in the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The manuscript is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts and contains a nearly complete Hebrew Bible. The purchase was made by Alfred H Moses, a former US ambassador to Romania, on behalf of the American Friends of ANU. The Codex Sassoon was sold by Sotheby's and is one of the highest prices for a manuscript sold at auction.

via Al Jazeera English|
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arts-and-culture2 years ago

$38 Million Hebrew Bible Breaks Auction Records as Oldest Near-Complete Manuscript Sold.

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, known as the Codex Sassoon, has sold for $38 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume contains a nearly complete Hebrew Bible and is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts. The manuscript was purchased by former US Ambassador to Romania Alfred H. Moses on behalf of the American Friends of ANU and donated to ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The Codex Sassoon is believed to have been fabricated sometime between 880 and 960 and is one of the highest prices for a manuscript sold at auction.

via The Associated Press|
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arts-and-culture2 years ago

"Rare Hebrew Bible Fetches Record-Breaking $38.1 Million at Auction"

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest nearly complete Hebrew Bible known to survive, was sold at Sotheby's for $38.1 million to the American Friends of ANU - Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, thanks to a donation from former ambassador Alfred H. Moses and his family. The Codex Sassoon will be donated to the museum and be part of the core exhibition. The volume includes all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, minus about eight leaves, and researchers have dated it to the late ninth or early 10th century, making it the oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible known to exist.

via The New York Times|
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culture2 years ago

Rare Complete Hebrew Bible Displayed in Israel Ahead of Sale

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, is on display in Tel Aviv before its sale at Sotheby's in New York in May, where it could fetch $30m to $50m. Created about 1,100 years ago, it is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript containing all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with punctuation, vowels, and accents. The manuscript was sold by a man named Khalaf ben Abraham to Isaac ben Ezekiel al-Attar in the 10th century and disappeared in history for 500 years before being acquired in 1929 by David Solomon Sassoon.

via BBC|
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culture2 years ago

"Rare Hebrew Bible Manuscript Displayed in Israel and Up for Record Sale at Sotheby's"

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest-known and most complete Hebrew Bible manuscript, will be displayed for the first time in Israel at Tel Aviv's Anu Museum before being auctioned at Sotheby's New York for an expected $30-$50 million. The Masoretic codex comprises all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible and dates to the 10th century CE. The display is sponsored by Mifal Hapayis, Israel's national lottery, which supports various cultural and educational ventures.

via The Times of Israel|
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arts-and-culture2 years ago

Ancient Hebrew Bible may break sales record at Sotheby's.

Sotheby's is set to auction the Codex Sassoon, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, for an estimated $30 million to $50 million in May. The manuscript contains almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible and is one of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts. Scholars say the Codex Sassoon doesn't match the pedigree and quality of its contemporary, the Aleppo Codex, but it is still considered rare and significant. The Codex Sassoon's margins contain an annotation from a later scholar who says he checked its text against the Aleppo Codex. If the target price is realized, the Codex Sassoon could break the record for the priciest historical document ever sold at public auction.

via The Associated Press|
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