This fascinating wooden wax tablet from Egypt was likely used as a school exercise or personal amulet. The back bears the crudely carved name 'Ischyrion', suggesting it belonged to a student practicing his writing with these verses from Proverbs.

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most celebrated and important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1,600 years ago, it contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest surviving complete copy of the New Testament. Originally discovered at St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, its surviving leaves are now preserved across four libraries worldwide, with the largest portion held at the British Library.