Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3, f. 194v
Manuscript title: Biblia latina (Vulgata), Part 1: Genesis to Psalms
Manuscript summary: Latin Bible, designed as a pandect (i.e. in one volume), following the recension of Alcuin of York. Several copies of these Alcuin Bibles, manufactured in the scriptorium of St. Martin of Tours, have survived; with their finely graded hierarchy of scripts and harmonious proportions, they are considered monuments of Carolingian book production.
Origin: Tours, Abbey St. Martin (France)
Period: 9th century
Image source: Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3: Biblia latina (Vulgata), Part 1: Genesis to Psalms
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3, f. 194v
Manuscript title: Biblia latina (Vulgata), Part 1: Genesis to Psalms
Manuscript summary: Latin Bible, designed as a pandect (i.e. in one volume), following the recension of Alcuin of York. Several copies of these Alcuin Bibles, manufactured in the scriptorium of St. Martin of Tours, have survived; with their finely graded hierarchy of scripts and harmonious proportions, they are considered monuments of Carolingian book production.
Origin: Tours, Abbey St. Martin (France)
Period: 9th century
Image source: Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 3: Biblia latina (Vulgata), Part 1: Genesis to Psalms