Jo-Anne Harrison's calligraphy work at Jarrow Hall.© (Photo: contributed) The Codex Amiatinus, also known as the Jarrow Codex.© (Photo: contributed) ...

The Duke was taken on a tour of Jarrow Hall and shown a display of the replica Codex Amiatinus; the earliest surviving complete manuscript of the Christian Bible which was produced at the ...

The only full-sized replica in the world of a Bible created more than 1,000 years ago is returning to its home in Jarrow.

Jarrow Hall, the world’s only Anglo-Saxon farm and village and Bede Museum, is officially opening its doors full-time this weekend following on from its takeover by Groundwork South Tyneside and ...

Its star attraction is a replica of the Codex Amiatinus, the world’s earliest surviving Latin Bible, and one of only two copies of the only surviving original in existence.

The Duke of Gloucester, who is a first cousin to The Queen, was taken on a tour of Jarrow Hall and shown a display of the replica Codex Amiatinus; the earliest surviving complete manuscript of the ...

The Codex Amiatinus was one of three single-volume Bibles made by monks at Wearmouth-Jarrow. It is the earliest one-volume Latin Bible to survive in the world.

Also on display is the site’s replica Codex Amiatinus bible which was produced at Wearmouth-Jarrow 1,300 years ago.

The only full-sized replica in the world of a Bible created more than 1,000 years ago is returning to its home in Jarrow.