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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | ›  | Gilt silver, enamel, and jeweled bookcover
[Probably Salzburg, ca. 760–90]
Earlier binding used as lower cover on Lindau Gospels, Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland, late ninth century
350 x 275 mm
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901
MS M. 1 |
|  | The Evangelist Luke
Gospel Book, in Latin
France, Reims, ca. 860
303 x 258 mm
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1927
MS M.728 (fol. 94v) |
|  | Jeweled upper cover of the Lindau Gospels, ca. 880
Court School of Charles the Bald
On: Lindau Gospels, in Latin
Switzerland, Abbey of St. Gall, late ninth century
350 x 275 mm
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901
MS M. 1 |
|  | Iris
Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek, active ca. A.D. 50)
De materia medica, in Greek
Constantinople, ca. 930–70
Gouache on vellum, 385 leaves
15 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (395 x 300 mm)
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, 1920; MS M.652, fol. 114v |
|  | Vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem
Beatus of Liébana
Commentary on the Apocalypse, in Latin
Illuminated by Maius (d. 968)
Spain, province of León, probably San Salvador de Tábara, mid-tenth century
15 1/4 x 11 inches (385 x 200 mm)
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1919
MS M.644, vol. II (fol. 222v) |
|  | Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Gospel Lectionary, in Latin
Austria, Salzburg, Abbey of St. Peter, ca. 1050
267 x 210 mm
William S. Glazier Collection; deposited in 1963, given in 1984
MS. G.44 (fol. 2) |
|  | Ascension
Sacramentary, in Latin
France, Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, ca. 1060
286 x 215 mm
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1919
MS M.641 (fol. 75v) |
|  | Crucifixion of Saint Peter
Sacramentary, in Latin
France, Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, ca. 1060
286 x 215 mm
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1919
MS M.641 (fol. 122v) |
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