▁established ▁that ▁Am iat inus ▁was ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Green leaf ▁Bible ▁fragment ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Library . ▁Although ▁de ▁Ros si ' s ▁att ribution ▁removed ▁ 1 5 0 ▁years ▁from ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁the ▁Code x , ▁it ▁remains ▁the ▁oldest ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁V ul gate . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁primary ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁V ul gate , ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁of ▁particular ▁importance ▁to ▁the ▁C athol ics ▁during ▁the ▁C ounter - Re formation . ▁Protest ant ▁transl ations ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Script ures , ▁but ▁the ▁Latin ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Am iat inus ▁was ▁earlier ▁than ▁any ▁then - known ▁Heb rew ▁manuscript , ▁making ▁it ▁a ▁" major ▁piece ▁of ▁propag anda ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁for ▁text ual ▁preced ence ". ▁In ▁ 1 5 8 7 ▁Pope ▁Si xt us ▁V ▁demanded ▁the ▁book ▁be ▁sent ▁to ▁Rome ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁consult ed ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁pap al ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Bible , ▁the ▁V ul g ata ▁Si xt ina ; ▁ ▁although ▁in ▁the ▁event , ▁little ▁or ▁no ▁use ▁was ▁made ▁of ▁its ▁read ings ▁in ▁either ▁the ▁S ist ine ▁or ▁subsequent ▁Si xt o - C lement ine ▁official ▁V ul gate ▁ed itions , ▁whose ▁edit ors ▁rather ▁preferred ▁later ▁medieval ▁V ul gate ▁texts ▁and ▁ed itions ▁now ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁heavily ▁cor rupted ▁by ▁non - V ul gate ▁read ings . ▁ ▁In ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁accum ulated ▁cor