Old Bible reveals fascinating discovery

Step into the past with us as Odin Essers, Curator of Maastricht University’s Special Collections, reveals a fascinating discovery in this video. This exceptional Bible, a 1538 edition of the Old Testament translated by the renowned Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, reveals a surprising connection to the 12th century.
Inside this Bible, you'll discover a page of an old double-sided manuscript with a legal text dating back to the end of the 12th century. It is richly annotated with marginal commentary. The text is still highly legible and features beautiful capitals in red and blue ink. This extraordinary fusion of Erasmus's translation and the ancient manuscript sheds light on the evolution of knowledge preservation. ��
This Bible was published by the famous Basel printer, publisher and Renaissance humanist Johannes Frobenbius. [Erasmus, D., Froben Hieronymus (Basel), & Episcopius Nikolaus (I, Bazel). (1538).]