From the BBC website

Cambridge University has said an appeal to raise £1.1m to buy an early Biblical manuscript it has held for 30 years is "progressing well".

The Codex Zacynthius, which dates back to the 6th or 7th Century, has been in the university's library since 1984.

Now its owner - the Bible Society, in Swindon - is offering the manuscript for sale in order to raise money.

Anne Jarvis, university librarian, said they were hopeful of raising the money before a 28 February deadline.

"We're very confident they will be able to secure the funds. We don't expect it to be a problem. If it is we'll have to cross that bridge when we come to it. ”

The Bible Society was presented the 176-page Codex Zacynthius in 1821 and has offered the university library first refusal to buy it.

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