Image: 2885 - Kerr Precolumbian Portfolio
File date: 2000-10-16
Caption: Yaxchilán Lintel 16
Description: Maya Limestone 755-770 AD Yaxchilán Lintel 16. On February 19, 752 AD, Bird Jaguar captures a sahal 78.8 x76.5 x7 cm. The British Museum, London. Published The Blood of Kings p. 226
Codex Amiatinus (one-foot thick) is one of the three great single-volume Bibles that was made at the monastery at Wearmouth-Jarrow. It was given as a gift to the Pope in 716 AD => see pg. 16