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Sacred texts: Christian

Gospel of Thomas 3rd c

Codex Sinaiticus c.350

Codex Alexandrinus 5th c

Syriac Bible 463/4

Vulgate Gospels 6th c

Lindisfarne Gospels late 7th-early 8th c

New Testament, Constantinople mid-10th c

Benedictional of St Aethelwold 970-980

Old English Hexateuch 1000-50

Theodore Psalter 1066

Silos Apocalypse c.1100

Melisende Psalter 1131-43

Harley Trilingual Psalter 1130-54

Awag Vank' Gospels 1200-02

Syriac Gospel Lectionary 1216-20

Matthew Paris's Jerusalem pilgrim's travel guide c.1250

Santiago pilgrim's travel guide 1300-50

Luttrell Psalter c.1320-40

Holkham Bible 1325-50

Gospels in Arabic 14th c

Tsar Ivan Alexander's Gospels 1355-56

Sherborne Missal c.1400-1407

Bedford Hours c.1423

Gutenberg Bible 1455

Sforza Hours c.1490

Tyndale New Testament 1526

Henry VIII's Psalter 1530-47

King James Bible 1611

Armenian prayer scroll 1655

Gospels in Coptic and Arabic 1663

Ethiopian Octateuch late 17th c

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