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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

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