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The Dead Sea Scrolls
Time Period: 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE Significance: Among the earliest known texts of the Hebrew Bible.
Codex Sinaiticus
Time Period: 4th century Significance: One of the oldest complete copies of the Christian Bible.
Illuminated Chronicle
Time Period: 14th century Significance: A pictorial history of Hungary from ancient times until the reign of King Louis the Great.
The Rosetta Stone
Time Period: 196 BCE Significance: Key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The Gutenberg Bible
Time Period: c. 1455 AD Significance: The first major book printed using mass-produced movable type.
The Popol Vuh
Time Period: c. 1700 AD (written down), originates from the time of the Maya civilization Significance: A foundational sacred narrative of the K'iche' people in Guatemala.
The Domesday Book
Time Period: 1086 AD Significance: Record of the 'Great Survey' of England and parts of Wales ordered by William the Conqueror.
The Mappa Mundi
Time Period: c. 1300 AD Significance: One of the largest medieval maps known, showing the history, geography, and destiny of humanity according to Christian beliefs.
The Diamond Sutra
Time Period: 868 AD Significance: The earliest known printed book.
Bayeux Tapestry
Time Period: c. 1070s AD Significance: Not a manuscript, but an embroidered cloth depicting the Norman Conquest of England.
The Voynich Manuscript
Time Period: Early 15th century Significance: Famous for its incomprehensible content and unknown language or code.
The Book of Kells
Time Period: c. 800 AD Significance: A masterwork of Western calligraphy and illumination.
Codex Gigas
Time Period: Early 13th century Significance: Also known as the Devil's Bible because of a large illustration of the devil inside.
The Magna Carta
Time Period: 1215 AD Significance: Iconic document in Western legal tradition, symbolizing the principle that everyone is subject to the law.
The Lindisfarne Gospels
Time Period: c. 700 AD Significance: An early Middle Ages masterpiece of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon inscription.
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