Archive for April 3rd, 2024

OLDEST LITURGICAL BOOKS TO BE SOLD


Being shown is one of the oldest books in existence, the
Crosby-Schoyen Codex.

One of the oldest Christian liturgical books is expected to sell
for more than $2.6 million at an auction in London.

The Crosby-Schøyen Codex was written on Egyptian papyrus
from around 250-350 A.D., and produced in one of the first
monasteries.

"It’s right at that period, that transitional period, when papyrus
scroll starts turning into codex form," Eugenio Donadoni,
Christie’s Senior Specialist, Medieval and Renaissance
Manuscripts,
told Reuters. "So, books as we know them
today. What we have in this book is the earliest known texts
of two books of the Bible."


Fox News

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DEBUT OF THE PONY EXPRESS IN 1860

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On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse
and rider relay teams, simultaneously left St. Joseph,
Missouri,
and Sacramento,
California. Ten days later, on April 13, the
westbound rider and mail packet completed the approximately
1,800-mile journey and arrived in Sacramento, beating the
eastbound packet’s arrival in St. Joseph by two days and setting
a new standard for speedy mail delivery.

Although ultimately short-lived and unprofitable, the Pony Express captivated America’s imagination and helped win federal aid for a
more economical overland postal system. It also contributed to the economy of the towns on its route and served the mail-service
needs of the American West in the days before the telegraph or
an efficient transcontinental railroad.
 

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Pony Express riders: "Billy" Richardson, Johnny Fry,
Charles Cliff, Gus Cliff.

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Pony Express statue in St. Joseph, Missouri.
       
      
      

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Pony Express 2011: On the Pony Express Trail -- July 3 2011

    
     

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