▁A ▁little ▁space ▁is ▁often ▁left ▁between ▁words , ▁but ▁the ▁writing ▁is ▁in ▁general ▁continuous . ▁The ▁text ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁sections , ▁which ▁in ▁the ▁G osp els ▁correspond ▁closely ▁to ▁the ▁Am mon ian ▁Se ctions . ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁marks ▁of ▁pun ctu ation , ▁but ▁the ▁sk illed ▁reader ▁was ▁gu ided ▁into ▁the ▁sense ▁by ▁st ich ometric , ▁or ▁verse - like , ▁arrangement ▁into ▁col a ▁and ▁comm ata , ▁which ▁correspond ▁roughly ▁to ▁the ▁principal ▁and ▁dependent ▁cla uses ▁of ▁a ▁sentence . ▁From ▁this ▁manner ▁of ▁writing ▁the ▁script ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁mode led ▁upon ▁the ▁Code x ▁Grand ior ▁of ▁Cass iod orus , ▁but ▁it ▁may ▁go ▁back , ▁perhaps , ▁even ▁to ▁St . ▁Jer ome . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Origin ally ▁three ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁were ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Abb ot ▁Ce ol fr id ▁in ▁ 6 9 2 . ▁This ▁date ▁has ▁been ▁established ▁as ▁the ▁double ▁monaster y ▁of ▁Mon k we arm outh – J arrow ▁secured ▁a ▁grant ▁of ▁additional ▁land ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁head ▁of ▁cattle ▁needed ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁v ell um . ▁B ede ▁was ▁most ▁likely ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁compilation . ▁In ▁ 7 1 6 , ▁Ce ol fr id ▁accompanied ▁one ▁copy , ▁the ▁Code x ▁Am iat inus , ▁intended ▁as ▁a ▁gift ▁to ▁Pope ▁Gregory ▁II , ▁but ▁he ▁died ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁Rome ▁on ▁ 2