Gospels from Saint-Martin-des-Champs

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The Gospels from Saint-Martin-des-Champs or Gospels from the Arsenal Library in Paris is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript that was created around 790 in Charlemagne's court school . With the Ada manuscript , it is the oldest surviving gospel book of the so-called " Ada group ".

The gospel book contains 178 parchment sheets , its format is 26.5 x 19 cm. Today it is in the Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Ms. Lat. 599).

literature

  • Christoph Stiegemann, Matthias Wemhoff (Ed.): 799. Art and culture of the Carolingian era . Volume 2. von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2460-X , (exhibition catalog, Paderborn, July 23 - November 1, 1999), pp. 736-738.