Grandval Bible

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The Grandval Bible or Moutier Grandval Bible is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript that was created around 840 in the monastery of St. Martin in Tours . The large-format codex in the format 375 x 510 mm contains a full Bible and is illuminated with four full-page miniatures .

The manuscript belonged to the Swiss monastery Moutier-Grandval in the late 16th century and has been in the London British Library since 1836 ( Sign. Add. Ms. 10546 ).

literature

• Florentine Mütherich , Joachim E. Gaehde: Carolingian book painting . Prestel, Munich 1979. ISBN 3-7913-0395-3 , pp. 72-74.

Web links

Commons : Grandval Bible  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Digitized manuscript on the British Library website (accessed June 3, 2018)