Career
He started collecting books in 1955. Currently his private collection, the Schøyen Collection, contains above 13 000 manuscript items, the oldest book is about 5000 years old. Biblical manuscript in Coptic language, dated to the 3rd century.
15 Dead Sea Scrolls
Sumerian text from the 21st century British Columbia Ur-Nammu"s law-code
Babylonian calendar from 2000–1600 British Columbia
Tutankhamun"s signet ring
Mississippi 5236, an ancient Greek block print dating to the 6th century British Columbia.