What are the oldest items in MARBL?
MARBL’s oldest manuscript book is a 13th century Bible, ca. 1200-ca. 1225 and the oldest printed book, dated 1472, is De bellis civilibus romanis by Appianus, of Alexandria. MARBL’s oldest manuscript is a leaf from “The Homilies” of St. John Chrysostom, ca. 347-407 A.D., which is found in the Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Eastern and Western Manuscript collection.
