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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 6, f. 02r

Manuscript title: The four Latin Gospels

 

Manuscript summary: This remarkable manuscript, created in the 9th century in the Rhineland, contains the text of the four Gospels in their Latin version, written in Carolingian minuscule. The manuscript is decorated with, among others, two initials embellished with interlace and with canonical tables presented in arcades in vivid colors.

 

Origin: Rhineland (Germany)

 

Period: 9th century

 

Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 6: The four Latin Gospels

(www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0006)

 

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