Not Good To Eyes

The artifact was not in a very good condition. Out of all the pages, only 51 of them were undamaged. Despite that, it was a perfect window to catch a glimpse of early Christianity. 

Amazing Artwork

A leading news agency in Turkey, The Turkish Andalou Agency came out with a video in which a person was sifting through the paled pages of the Bible in order to show the amazing artwork. The Bible was designed before the printing press came into existence. It implies that the scribe had to write each and every letter of the book on their own. Imagine the number of efforts and time the person must have given into this work.

Belonged To

By the amazing appearance of the book, it seems that it was being used by a clergyman or some really wealthy person. It must have been a very important book of its time and not one of those thrown in a drawer of a hotel room.

Artist Do

Artists are known to produce innumerable depictions of Jesus from the past couple millennia. Unfortunately, most of them are lost in time. Some got destroyed whereas some are yet to be discovered. 

Gold Filled

The Bible was very special in the sense that it had a primitive portrait of Christ. Moreover, the design was made with the help of gold leaf.  

Depicting Virgin Mary

When they went ahead with the inspection, they saw that there were many other golden illustrations as well that included photos of a cross and the Virgin Mary. These books are a very rare sight these days.