The world’s oldest complete Latin Bible in existence is set to return to the UK after over 1,300 years for display in an exhibition by the British Library next year. The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition will be open at the British Library from October 19, 2018 to February 19, 2019. The Bible will be on show with the St Cuthbert Gospel, the earliest intact European book, which was also made at Wearmouth-Jarrow and was acquired by the British Library in 2012. The library said a key theme in the exhibition will be the development of the English language and the emergence of English literature. “This will be the first time that the Vercelli Book has been in England in at least 900 years,” it said.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2017 09:33 UTC