Specialists classify the library of St. Catherine's Monastery as the second most important library in the world, in terms of the value and number of sacred Christian manuscripts, after the Vatican Library.
According to the Information and Decision Support Center, the library has 4,500 manuscripts, two-thirds of which were written in Greek. The library also has an archival reference that contains correspondence from and to the abbots and emperors, as well as archaeological blogs, maps and photos.
Among the most important manuscripts and documents of the library
A copy of the Four Gospels, a manuscript dating back to the third century AH.
The Greek Torah Manuscript, known as the Codex Senaticus or the Sinai Torah, which includes the Old and New Testaments.
The library dates back to the sixth century, and includes an important and unique collection of religious and historical documents and documents. The library had copies of the Bible, but it was stolen and transferred to Tsarist Russia and sold to the British Museum in London, and between 1949 and 1950 an Egyptian-American mission photographed the contents of the library on microfilm and copies were placed Including at the University of Alexandria, and published important research and indexes by scholars and researchers.
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