Accession number:
MS M.755
Title:
Gospel Book
Created:
Westphalia, Germany, mid 10th cent.
Binding:
German 16th-century blind-tooled pigskin over boards; corner pieces and clasps missing.
Credit:
Purchased in 1929.
Description:
201 leaves (1 column, 24-25 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 350 x 261 mm
Provenance:
Given in 1763 by Friedrich Eberhard Boysen of Quedlinburg to the library of Prince Christian Ernst Stolberg (1691-1771) at Wernigerode (inscription on flyleaf); given the number Za36 (Stolberg ex-libris on inside front cover); Jacques Rosenthal, Munich; purchased from Rosenthal in 1929.
Notes:
Ms. Gospel book; written and illuminated in Westphalia, Germany, at the Abbey of Corvey, in the mid 10th century.
Decoration: 5 decorated title pages, 4 decorated incipit pages and 8 decorated text pages; 16 canon tables.
Script:
Caroline minuscule
Language:
Latin
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