Piemonte Italia

The Museo del Tesoro del Duomo di Vercelli (Museum of the Treasures of the Vercelli Cathedral) is housed in the Palazzo dell´Arcivescovado (Archbishop´s Palace) in Piazza d´Angennes (d´Angennes Square). Here are kept some unique objects, such as the only copy of the “Vercelli Book”, which is a famous manuscript written in old English, and the only copy of the “Medieval Map pf the World”. It is an ancient oval parchment dating back to the XII century depicting the globe in Middle Ages: at the bottom left hand-side is Europe, at the bottom right hand-side is Africa, at the top is Asia and the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Africa, a series of imaginary islands surround the three known Continents. In the Cathedral is also kept the “Codex Evangelorum”, as well as the precious “Codex Vercellensis”, which is a manuscript dating back to the IV century AD, where the first translation of the Gospels from Greek to Latin is contained.

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