Codex Amiatinus

The Codex Amiatinus, the oldest single-volume bible in existence, was produced here between 690 - 716, and was made for the Pope. The original is housed in Florence, though half-size replicas are on display in Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and Bede's World.

The Codex was one of three giant manuscript Bibles. Each contained over 70 books, each with a staggering 2,030 pages

Recent research demonstrates a link between Wearmouth-Jarrow and the Lindisfarne Gospels – a Wearmouth-Jarrow manuscript was used as the source text, and work may have been partly assisted by monks from W-J (research by Prof Michelle Brown, London).

Replicas of the Codex Amiatinus are on display in Bede's World and Sunderland City Library.