 The Codex Amiatinus, named after its current location in Tuscany, is a large, beautifully illustrated work that is seven inches thick and weighs in at over 75 pounds. When the age of this book was recognized, it was used to highlight mistakes introduced in later Latin translations. Medieval church authorities frowned upon those who sought to translate the Bible from the official Latin texts, responding to what the Roman church saw as heretics. Pope Innocent III banned translations of the Bible in 1199.