Category:Cotton Genesis (5th-6th C) - BL Cotton MS Otho B VI

**Cotton Genesis**
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Instance of	illuminated manuscript;
Language of work or name	Ancient Greek;
Collection	British Library; Bodleian Library;
Inception	1st millennium (before 600, after 400);
Width	22 cm;
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English: The Cotton Genesis (London, British Library, MS Cotton Otho B VI) was a 5th or 6th century Greek luxury copy of the Book of Genesis and was one of the oldest illustrated biblical codices to survive to the modern period. In 1731 it was largely destroyed in the Cotton library fire.