▁Kingdom ▁of ▁North umb ria ▁and ▁taken ▁to ▁Italy ▁as ▁a ▁gift ▁for ▁Pope ▁Gregory ▁II ▁in ▁ 7 1 6 . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁giant ▁single - volume ▁B ibles ▁then ▁made ▁at ▁Mon k we arm outh – J arrow , ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁earliest ▁complete ▁one - volume ▁Latin ▁Bible ▁to ▁surv ive , ▁only ▁the ▁León ▁pal im ps est ▁being ▁older ; ▁and ▁the ▁oldest ▁b ible ▁where ▁all ▁the ▁Books ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁present ▁what ▁would ▁be ▁their ▁V ul gate ▁texts . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁location ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁modern ▁times , ▁Mount ▁Am i ata ▁in ▁T usc any , ▁at ▁the ▁Abb az ia ▁di ▁San ▁Salv atore ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁kept ▁at ▁Florence ▁in ▁the ▁Bibli oteca ▁Med ice a ▁Laur enz iana ▁( A mi at ino ▁ 1 ). ▁ ▁Design ated ▁by ▁sig l um ▁A , ▁it ▁is ▁commonly ▁considered ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁most ▁reliable ▁surv iving ▁representation ▁of ▁Jer ome ' s ▁V ul gate ▁text ▁for ▁the ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament , ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament . ▁As ▁was ▁standard ▁in ▁all ▁V ul gate ▁b ibles ▁until ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Bar uch ▁is ▁absent ▁as ▁is ▁the ▁Let ter ▁of ▁Jer em iah , ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁L ament ations ▁following ▁on ▁from ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Jer em iah ▁without ▁a ▁break . ▁ ▁Ez ra