Who wrote the Codex Amiatinus?
It was this great library which became the hub for scholar Venerable Bede. Abbot Ceolfrith, who succeeded Benedict Biscop as Abbot of the twin monastery, began the “incredible endeavour” of writing the illustrated Codex Amiatinus in AD692 along with the help of six scribes. Where is the Codex Amiatinus? He died en route, at Langres…