One of the world's earliest books is set to be auctioned this year. The book is expected to fetch a minimum of $2.6 million.
The Crosby-Schøyen codex, which was written on papyrus in Egypt, is the earliest Christian liturgical book, according to international auction house Christie's, which will hold the sale in London on June 11.
A single scribe is said to have written the code, which consists of 104 pages, over a period of 40 years in a monastery in upper Egypt.
The book is thought to date from sometime between the 3rd and 4th centuries. The codex contains the first letter of Peter and the Book of Jonah.
The codex is part of the Bodmer Papyri, which were discovered in the 1950s and include biblical texts, Christian scriptures and pagan literary texts.
