Nosing about the East after biblical lore in 1844 a German scholar named Constantine Tischendorf traveled through the Sinai Peninsula and up to a lonely Orthodox Greek monastery atop Mount St.

(JTA) – A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible became the most expensive book ever sold Wednesday when it drew a price of $38.1 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. The buyer of the item, known as ...

Full color facsimile of a Mixtec picture manuscript, on a continuous strip folded accordian-style into 9 leaves; issued in case measuring 26 x 31 cm Text in two columns SCNHRB copy (39088016463127) ...