Sacred texts: Complete list
All 78 texts across all faiths in chronological order. Each with zoomable high-res image, in-depth description, cross-links and more.
KEY • Judaism • Christianity • Islam
• Hinduism • Zoroastrianism • Buddhism
pre-500
• Gandharan Scrolls 1st c
• Gospel of Thomas 3rd c
• Codex Sinaiticus c.350
• Codex Alexandrinus 5th c
• Syriac Bible 463/4
500s-900s
• Vulgate Gospels 6th c
• Lindisfarne Gospels late 7th-early 8th c
• Ma'il Qur'an 8th c
• Torah Codex 9th c
• Kufic Qur'an c.850
• Diamond Sutra 868
• Ashem Vohu 9th-10th c
• Gaster Bible 9th-10th c
• New Testament, Constantinople mid-10th c
• Benedictional of St Aethelwold 970-980
1000s
• Old English Hexateuch 1000-50
• Qur'an from Iraq or Persia 1036
• Theodore Psalter 1066
1100s
• Silos Apocalypse c.1100
• Melisende Psalter 1131-43
• Harley Trilingual Psalter 1130-54
1200s
• Awag Vank' Gospels 1200-02
• Syriac Gospel Lectionary 1216-20
• Spanish Qur'an 13th c
• Matthew Paris's Jerusalem pilgrim's travel guide c.1250
• King David, North French Miscellany c.1278-98
• Babylonian Talmud 13th-14th c
• Pentateuch with prophetical readings 13th-14th c
1300s
• Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch c.1300
• Picturing God in a Jewish manuscript c.1300
• Sultan Baybars' Qur'an 1304
• Sultan Uljaytu's Qur'an 1310
• Golden Haggadah c.1320
• Videvdad 1323
• Santiago pilgrim's travel guide 1300-50
• Luttrell Psalter c.1320-40
• Holkham Bible 1325-50
• Mamluk Qur'an 1337
• Samaritan Pentateuch 1339
• Duke of Sussex's Spanish Bible mid-14th c
• Gospels in Arabic 14th c
• Barcelona Haggadah 14th c
• Tsar Ivan Alexander's Gospels 1355-56
• Spanish Hebrew Bible 1384
1400s
• Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch c.1400
• Sherborne Missal c.1400-1407
• Sultan Faraj's Qur'an 1400-1412
• Bedford Hours c.1423
• Gutenberg Bible 1455
• Portuguese Pentateuch 15th c
• Hajj certificate 15th c
• San'a Pentateuch 1469
• Lisbon Bible 1482
• Sforza Hours c.1490
• First complete Mishnah 1492
1500s
• Qur'an with Persian translation early 16th c
• Tyndale New Testament 1526
• Henry VIII's Psalter 1530-47
• Picturing the Prophet 1539-43
• Devimahatmya 1549
• Indian Qur'an 16th c
1600s
• King James Bible 1611
• Chinese Torah 1643-63
• Chinese Qur'an 17th c
• Ramayana 1649-53
• Armenian prayer scroll 1655
• Gospels in Coptic and Arabic 1663
• Shi'ite fatwas late 17th c
• Ethiopian Octateuch late 17th c
1700s
• Leipnik Haggadah 1740
• Italian Ketubah 1776
1800s
• Karaite Pentateuch 1835
• Islamic marriage contract 1840
• Javanese Qur'an 19th c
• Mecca and Medina pilgrim's travel guide 19th c
• Wahhabi manuscript 1853
• Afghan Ketubah 1889
