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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
A Fragment of the Allepo Codex
Here's a story about a book that's so ancient it was smuggled out of Jerusalem when the Crusaders first arrived (1099), at which time it was already almost 200 years old. It survived intact until 60 years ago minus three weeks.
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