"And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon you: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city."
An ancient Hebrew parchment fragment of the Book of Ruth discovered in Qumran Cave 2 in 1952. Dating to the Hasmonean period (mid-1st century BC), this manuscript preserves a portion of Ruth 3:13-18 and stands as one of the earliest surviving physical witnesses to the text of Ruth.
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Codex Vaticanus
2 of 2B
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 300 (Early to Mid-4th Century AD)
Current LocationVatican Library, Vatican City
Found LocationUnknown
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Vaticanus is one of the oldest and most valuable surviving manuscripts of the complete Greek Bible. It has been securely housed in the Vatican Library since at least the late 15th century and is celebrated for its elegant script written on very high-quality vellum.
