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Treasury Gospels, fol. 14v: The Four Evangelists. The Aachen Gospels (German: Schatzkammer-Evangeliar "Treasury Gospels", or Karolingisches Evangeliar "Carolingian Gospels") are a Carolingian illuminated manuscript which was created at the beginning of the ninth century by a member of the Ada School.
Charlemagne Gospels [1] c.800 Aachen, around the Court School of Charlemagne Evangeliary Munich, Universitätsbibliothek München , Cim. 1 (= 2° Cod. ms. 29) [2] Hiltfred Gospels [3] 801/825 France Evangeliary Cologne, Cologne Diocesan Library , Dom Hs. 13 [4] Aachen Gospels or Schatzkammer Gospels or Carolingian Gospels
This Carolingian Gospel Book is written in a fine Carolingian minuscule.. British Library, Add MS 11848 is an illuminated Carolingian Latin Gospel Book produced at Tours.It contains the Vulgate translation of the four Gospels written on vellum in Carolingian minuscule with Square and Rustic Capitals and Uncials as display scripts.
The Gospels and Altar card sections are written in Uncial script (fol. 1–188). The Eusebian Canons are written in Carolingian minuscule (fol. 189–198). The book is illuminated in the Carolingian Style with large decorated initials throughout the text. The design is similar to the Vienna Coronation Gospels. [2]
The Ada Gospels (Trier, Stadtbibliothek, Codex 22) is a late eighth century or early ninth century Carolingian gospel book in the Stadtbibliothek, Trier, Germany. The manuscript contains a dedication to Charlemagne's sister Ada, from where it gets its name. The manuscript is written on vellum in Carolingian minuscule. It measures 14.5 by 9.625 ...
Portrait of John the Evangelist from Gospels of St. Medard de Soissons.. The Gospels of St. Medard de Soissons (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8850) is a 9th-century illuminated manuscript gospel book, and is a product of the Court or Ada School of the Carolingian Renaissance.
Depiction of Lothair (fol. 1v) The Gospels of Lothair (BNF Lat. 266) is an evangeliary made for Lothair I in Saint-Martin de Tours during 849 to 851. Representing the peak of the Carolingian Tours workshop, the manuscript has 221 parchment leaves written in gold ink, with six miniatures, nine incipit pages, twelve altar cards, 18 index pages and five initials.
Hence, the iconography of Gospel books elaborated on the relationship between their physical grandeur and spiritual content. [32] The manuscript is a key component in the reform of handwriting as it is the first to contain the new Carolingian minuscule script which became a fundamental theme in Carolingian book production thereafter. [33]