{"product_id":"the-silver-bible-origins-and-history-of-the-codex-argenteus","title":"silver bible : origins and history of the Codex Argenteus, The","description":"The Codex Argenteus, the Silver Bible in  Uppsala University Library is the most \ncomprehensive extant text in the Gothic \nlanguage. Rumours, adventures and exciting \nstories surround it. Gothic treasures, hidden \nrelics, magic libraries, war booty, shipwrecks  and robbery accompanied it through history.\nThe Codex Argenteus contains what is left of \na splendid book of the four Gospels written in \nthe early 6th century, probably for the Ostro-\ngothic King Theoderic the Great. The text is \npart of Wulfilas 4th century translation of the \nBible from Greek into Gothic. The Codex was  discovered in the Werden Monastery near the  Ruhr in the 16th century. When the Swedes  captured the city of Prague in 1648, it was  there. It followed a twisted road through  Europe to Uppsala University Library where it  arrived as a gift from the Swedish Chancellor  Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie in 1669. The fate  of the Codex in the years between its time in  Ravenna and Werden is shrouded in  oblivion. The Mystery of the Thousand Years  produced several theories about the fate of  the Codex Argenteus during this millennium. In 2011 the Codex Argenteus was inscribed on UNESCO:s Memory of the World List.","brand":"Selenas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32438066905188,"sku":"9789197960908","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/the-silver-bible-origins-and-history-of-the-codex-argenteus","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}