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  • Priceless ninth-century masterpiece Bible returns to Swiss homeland

    03/09/2025 3:55:48 PM PDT · by george76 · 12 replies
    AFP ^ | 07/03/2025
    The Moutier-Grandval Bible, an illustrated ninth-century masterpiece considered one of the finest manuscripts in the world, is back in Switzerland, where it miraculously survived the ages in impeccable condition... The priceless Bible was produced in Tours in France in around 830-840, before making its way to Moutier-Grandval Abbey, in the mountainous Jura region in northwestern Switzerland. Now in the care of the British Library, the 22-kilogramme (50-pound) manuscript is being loaned for three months to the Jura Museum of Art and History in the region's tiny capital Delemont. It is only the second time it has been loaned from London,...