The St Cuthbert's Gospel, which is just the Gospel of St John in the New Testament, is also in the British Museum and dates from 8th or 7th century. You can find out more about the Codex Alera from the Books menu seen at the top of the page. Other older Christian Bibles in existence include the Codex Sinaiticus, part of which is in the British Library and the Codex Vaticanus, in the Vatican - both of which date from the 4th century, and the Codex Alexandrinus, which is also in the British Library and dates from the 5th century. The Codex Alera is Jim’s six-book fantasy epic set in another world, mixing the politics of Rome with a world alive with elemental animism.
While the Codex Sassoon is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript of the Hebrew Bible - containing all 24 books with punctuation, vowels and accents - there are older examples that are incomplete, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, fragments of which are from the Hebrew Bible and date to before and just after the time of Christ, according to the Biblical Archaeology Society.
Ms Mintz said she was "absolutely delighted" by the sale and that the "Codex Sassoon will shortly be making its grand and permanent return to Israel, on display for the world to see". Image: The Codex Sassoon was sold for £30 million in New York.
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