▁is ▁presented ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁book , ▁the ▁texts ▁of ▁the ▁later ▁canonical ▁books ▁of ▁Ez ra ▁and ▁Ne hem iah ▁being ▁continuous . ▁Similarly ▁the ▁books ▁of ▁Samuel , ▁Kings ▁and ▁Chron icles ▁are ▁each ▁presented ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁book . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁the ▁Code x ▁Am iat inus ▁was ▁loan ed ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁Library ▁for ▁an ▁exhibition ▁of ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁manuscript s , ▁returning ▁to ▁England ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 , 3 0 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁The ▁symbol ▁for ▁it ▁is ▁written ▁am ▁or ▁A ▁( Word sw orth ). ▁It ▁is ▁preserved ▁in ▁an ▁immense ▁t ome , ▁meas uring ▁ ▁high , ▁ ▁in ▁bread th , ▁and ▁ ▁thick , ▁and ▁we igh s ▁over ▁ ▁– ▁so ▁impress ive , ▁as ▁H ort ▁says , ▁as ▁to ▁fill ▁the ▁beh older ▁with ▁a ▁feeling ▁a kin ▁to ▁a we . ▁ ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Ps al ms ▁is ▁provided ▁in ▁Jer ome ' s ▁third ▁version , ▁translated ▁from ▁the ▁Heb rew , ▁rather ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁pre - J er ome ▁Roman ▁Ps alter ▁then ▁standard ▁in ▁English ▁b ibles , ▁or ▁in ▁Jer ome ' s ▁second , ▁Gall ican ▁version , ▁that ▁was ▁to ▁supp lant ▁his ▁Heb ra ic ▁Ps al ms ▁in ▁most ▁V ul gate ▁b ibles ▁from ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century ▁on wards . ▁By ▁contrast ▁with ▁case ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁rest