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I Found An Old Bible From 800 Years Ago – Now I've Sold It For An Eye-watering Price

A VALUABLE old Bible from 800 years ago has been sold it for an eye-watering price.

The unique sacred book was first made for a travelling friar in the 13th century.

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The Paris Bible is one of the first bibles with chapters and prologuesCredit: @DWinterAuctions

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The piece of religious history has now sold for an eye-watering priceCredit: @DWinterAuctions

The historical item is a pocket sized bible written in Latin and includes 150 golden illustrations of dragons, birds and lions.

It dates back to 800 years ago and it represents a key historical period of the production of the bible.

Dominic Winter Auctions said: "This is a fine example of a typical Paris Bible, arguably the greatest revolution in both biblical scholarship and book production of the 13th century.

"Through the development of extremely thin vellum and extremely small script, it became possible for the first time to produce a complete bible in a single easily portable volume.

Paris Bible or Parisian Bible is known to be part of a series of books created by the University of Paris.

The institution transformed manuscripts traditionally produced by monks in monasteries to scriptures into the bibles we know today.

New productions were divided by chapters and included introductions and prologues in the first pages.

The book was intended for individual use rather than exclusively for monks in churches and monasteries.

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Since then, the bible became a staple for everyone including students, bishops and priests.

Mr Winter added: "The production of large numbers of these bibles was probably in response to the needs of students at the burgeoning university of Paris and of itinerant friars.

"It was essential they were portable and they included calendars."

The artefact is thought to have been made between 1233 and 1240 for a Dominican friar.

It was later owned by a 19th century diplomat and also Beeleigh Abbey in Essex.

The piece of religious history fetched an eye-watering £42,000 earlier this week.

The book was sold at South Cerney, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

It comes as another 500-year-old book cover was previously sold for an eye-watering price after being kept in an old trunk for decades.

The embroidered bible casing has been dated back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I - and went under the hammer for a whopping £120,000.

This incredible artefact is decorated with the iconic Tudor rose design, complimented with vibrant yellow, blue and red flowers.

Elsewhere, a metal detectorist uncovered Britain's oldest hoard of gold coins dating back 2,173 years.

Stephen Eldridge found the 12 Iron Age pieces - worth £30,000 - while searching farmland in Buckinghamshire.

Experts at the British Museum identified them as originating from a tribe in what is now Picardy in France and made in 150BC.

Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low'

Capcom president Harushiro Tsujimoto claims that the retail price of video games is currently too low.

According to a report from Nikkei (per a translation from Kotaku), during Tokyo Game Show 2023, Tsujimoto said that development costs for video games have become too high. "Development costs are about 100 times higher than during the Famicom era, but software prices have not gone up that much," he explained.

Additionally, he claimed that there needs to be pay raises, saying, "considering the fact that wages are rising in the industry as a whole, I think raising unit prices is a healthy option for business."

Tsujimoto also went on to claim that a slow economy wouldn't have a big impact on video game prices either: "Just because there's a recession doesn't mean you won't go to the movie theater or go to your favorite artist's concert. High-quality games will continue to sell," he said.

Publishers have started to charge $70, instead of the previous norm of $60, for PS5 and Xbox Series XS versions of their games during the current generation. This started with the big developers like Activision and Electronic Arts. First-party publishers like Sony didn't initially raise their prices own their PS5 games, as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Returnal were $60. However, Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok were given the $70 price tag on PS5, and the upcoming Spider-Man 2 will have that as well. Microsoft, too, followed suit late last year.

Even Nintendo priced its big sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at $70, although the company said it will evaluate pricing on a "case-by-case basis."

Capcom, however, has continued selling its own games, like Street Fighter 6, for $60. Even the iPhone 15 port of its Resident Evil 4 remake will cost the console standard of $60, it was revealed today.

It's possible that Capcom will raise the prices of the standard version of their current generation games to $70 in the future, however. One of Capcom's next big releases is Dragon's Dogma 2, which seems like a likely candidate for that price raise since it's a current-generation exclusive.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. He's been writing about the industry since 2019 and has worked with other publications such as Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety.

When not writing about video games, George is playing video games. What a surprise! You can follow him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey

Minecraft's Dungeons & Dragons DLC Finally Has An Official Release Date

The blocky world of Minecraft was first announced to be receiving a Dungeons & Dragons DLC expansion back on March 28, but a release date was unknown until today.

Mojang's Sept. 22 installment of their Minecraft Monthly series confirmed that the highly anticipated DLC pack will officially be arriving on Sept. 26. More details about this epic expansion were also shared, and it looks like a great way to embark on an exciting journey alone or with friends.

Teaming up with friends will make for a vastly different experience. Image via Mojang

When the D&D pack launches, you can set off to explore "iconic locations" from the Forgotten Realms like Icewind Dale and Candlekeep. As you explore, you can battle classic foes like Beholders, Mimics, and Displacer beasts.

It wouldn't be a proper D&D adventure if you didn't get to choose your class, so of course the Minecraft D&D expansion starts by allowing you to customize all aspects of your character. You can choose your weapons, armor, statistics, and abilities, including learning classic spells that are a D&D staple. As you level up over time, you'll find that you become even more powerful and effective in battle.

Just like in D&D, you'll regularly have to pass ability checks to find success as you navigate through your adventure, so the ability points you assign your character will greatly affect how the game plays out for you.

Minecraft is known for its endless potential as a sandbox game that can go on forever, and D&D also has a similarly vast style with tons of quests to tackle, many formidable foes to take on, and so many areas to explore. All of these features are present in the Minecraft D&D DLC, so you can truly have the epic adventure of your dreams when this content launches.

D&D seems especially prominent among gamers right now thanks to the D&D-inspired game Baldur's Gate 3, which has become massively popular as it continues to break records, so this Minecraft DLC is another great option for players who are looking for other experiences like BG3.

The D&D pack launches on Sept. 26, and there will also be a special live stream featuring Minecraft creators participating in a special D&D adventure on Sept. 28. Once it is released, you will be able to find the D&D DLC in the Minecraft Marketplace store for 1,510 coins.

Staff Writer at Dot Esports primarily covering Minecraft, Genshin Impact, MC Championship (MCC), Disney Dreamlight Valley, general gaming, and streaming. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, struggling to keep up with all of the streamers she loves to watch, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.

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