Harley Golden Gospels

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harley Golden Gospels, Incipit to Luke, 800-825

The Harley Golden Gospels, British Library, Harley 2788, is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript Gospel book produced in about 800-825, probably in Aachen, Germany.[1] It is one of the manuscripts attributed to the "Ada School", which is named after the Ada Gospels. It has four pairs of full-page Evangelist portraits and illuminated "Incipit" pages, canon tables, and other illuminations. As with other examples of the Codex Aureus (i.e. golden books), the text is written in gold ink.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Understanding illuminated manuscripts by Michelle P. Brown 1994 ISBN 0-89236-217-0 page 33
  2. ↑ British Library catalogue entry


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.