A PUBLIC lecture on the oldest Bible in the world – which was created in the North East – is being held.

The Codex Amiatinus is thought to have been produced by the Venerable Bede at the Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery and left for Rome in AD716.

People can find out more about the volume in the final instalment of the University of Sunderland’s 2016 Community Lecture Series.

Matthew Storey, who studied monastic history at the Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds University, will present an insight into the oldest complete Latin Bible in existence.

Marking 1,300 years since the last journey, Mr Storey, who previously held roles at Bede’s World Museum in Jarrow, will reveal how the book was for a long time thought to be the work of Italians, and that its North East origin was not discovered until the 19th century.

The talk will be held on Wednesday, August 24, at 2.30pm at the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter’s in Sunderland. Tickets are free and there is no need to book.

For more details email events@sunderland.ac.uk or call 0191 515 3169.