The Codex sale marked a record for a historical manuscript, besting the $31 million Bill Gates paid for Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester back in 1994.

In 1994, Bill Gates purchased the “Codex Leicester,” a manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci, for an impressive $30.8 million (approximately Rs 256 crore).

The price for the handwritten parchment volume, one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, outstrips the £31m Bill Gates paid for Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester in 1994, while ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, a 16th-century manuscript, reveals his advanced theories on natural phenomena such as water flow, fossils, and geology. In 1994, Bill Gates bought the Codex ...

Bill Gates paid $31m (£25m) for Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, in 1994. Image: The Codex Sassoon was sold for £30 million in New York. File pic ...

The record-breaking price surpassed the 1994 sale of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester manuscript, which sold for $30.8 million. U.S. Ambassador to Romania Alfred Moses purchased the Codex ...

The Codex Leicester, a journal with writings by Leonardo Da Vinci, fetched $30.8 million in 1994. And a copy of the Magna Carta sold for $21.1 million in 2007.

The Codex Sassoon, dating from the late 9th or early 10th century, sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. It is believed to be the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible.